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The diversity of subphylum Myriapoda, is not well studied in Sri Lanka. The facts and checklists of these creatures date back to Newport in 1845, which is the first known study about centipedes . Many centipede works are more than a century old. [ 15 ]
Environmental Date Date(s) National Bird Day: January 5 International Zebra Day: January 31 World Wetlands Day: February 2 World Ostrich Day [3] [4] February 2 World Marmot Day [5] [6] February 2 World Pangolin Day [7] [8] Third Saturday of February World Whale Day [9] Third Sunday of February World Bonobo Day [10] [11] [12] February 14 World ...
The Sri Lanka women's cricket team is selected for the 2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup after winning the 2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier final against Scotland. [ 61 ] 10 May – Mujibur Rahman is reappointed to parliament as a National List MP , replacing the unseated Diana Gamage.
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The Loris, found only in Sri Lanka and South India, is related to the Lemurs of Madagascar. The connection to India led to a commonality of species, e.g. freshwater fish, the now extinct Sri Lankan Gaur (Bibos sinhaleyus) and the Sri Lankan Lion (Panthera leo sinhaleyus). [5] The island was connected, off and on at least 17 times in the past ...
In 2019 a total area of 16.5% [2] of Sri Lanka was forested. In 2010, it was 28.8% [3] (and 32.2% in 1995. [4]) 9.0% [5] of Sri Lanka's forests are classified as primary forest (the most biodiverse form of forest and the biggest carbon sinks on Earth). Sri Lanka's forests contain 61 million metric tons of carbon in living forest biomass (in ...
Kanneliya–Dediyagala–Nakiyadeniya or KDN is a forest complex in southern Sri Lanka. The forest complex designated as a biosphere reserve in 2004 by UNESCO. [1] The KDN complex is the last large remaining rainforest in Sri Lanka other than Sinharaja. [2] This forest area has been identified as one of the floristically richest areas in South ...