Common Name: Mouse- deer
Scientific Name: Moschiola meminna
Animal Family: Tragulidae
Description: Head and body length in the species typically is 55-60 cm. It is dull brown in color with three or four dotted white stripes going longitudinally along flank.
Habitat: In Sri lanka, this species is found in the dry zone and is replaced in the wet zone by the yellow- striped chevrotain.
Foods: Mostly on row fruits or succlent fruits- like produce of palnts such as roots, shoots, nuts and seeds.
Common Name: Kalawedda
Scientific Name: Paradoxurus zeylonensis
Animal Family: Viverrids
Description: The golden plam civet has two morphs- one golden and one dark brown. Specimens from montane areas are darker,slightly greyish -toned wood-brown, and paler on the underside with a yellowish- white tail tip.The rounded ears have hairless edges.The eyes large with vertical pupils.
Habitat: Lowland rainforest , montane evergreen forests , and also dense monsoon forest.
Foods: Friuts, berries, invertebrates, and a wide range of small vertebrates.
Common Name: Diviya
Scientific Name: Panthera pardus kotiya
Animal Family: Felidae
Population: The leopard population is estimated to number around 646 individual in protected areas and 163 animals in unprotected regions.The total number is estimated to lie between 700-950 animal in sri lanka.no subpopulation is thought to be larger than 250 individuals.
Description: The Sri lanka leopard is still found in all habitat throughout the island in both protected and unprotected areas.
Habitat: Sri lanka leopard are native to the island of Sri lanka. They are found in a range of habitats from open savannah to rainforest.
Foods: small mammals,birds and reptiles, as well as larger animals.The animals also preys on sambar,barking deer,wild boar, and monkeys.
Scientific Name: Panulirus longipes
Animal Family: Palinuridae
Population: Least Concern
Description: Grows to a maximus length of about 30cm,but a more normal adult size is 20 to with a carapace length of up to 10cm.The general colour is dark brown or bluish-brown and there are numerous circular white spots on the abdomen and rather fewer spots on other parts of the body.
Habitat: Most commonly found at a depth range of 10-15m, occasionally at a depth range of 1-40m . It prefers to hide in the crevices found in rocky areas and coral reefs and especially in a clear water habitat.
Foods: Their favourite diet consists mostly of snails,clams,crabs,and urchins.
