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SRI LANKA: SRI LANKAN BIRD WATCHER FINDS NEW OWL SPECIES.
COLOMBO, Feb 26 (Reuters) - A Sri Lankan bird watcher has found a new species ofowl - the island's first new bird finding in 132 years.
"It's a scops owl of the genus Otus that is new to science," Nanda Senanayake, chairman of Ceylon Bird Club, told Reuters on Monday.
He said the bird, yet to be named, was first spotted last month by ornithologistDeepal Warakagoda, who had been tracking its call for several years.
Senanayake said the sighting had since been confirmed by other ornithologists and the bird had also been photographed in a Sri Lanka jungle.
He declined to give the exact location of the sighting. Senanayake said the bird's uniqueness had been confirmed by U.S. experts.
"It's truly remarkable how the bird could have eluded discovery in a place like Sri Lanka where wildlife has been thoroughly documented for over a century," said Senanayake. Sri Lanka is a bird watchers' paradise with over 420 species of birds, 27 of them endemic. The island's last ornithological discovery - the Ceylon Whistling Thrush - was found in 1868 by Briton Samuel Bligh.
(C) Reuters Limited 2001.
REUTERS NEWS SERVICE
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ANIMALS LIVING IN SRI LANKA
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CLASS:MAMMALIA
ORDER: Insectivora
FAMILY:Soricidae
SUB-FAMILY: Crocidurinae (White-toothed Shrews)
Feroculus feroculus
Kelaart's long-tailed
shrew
Suncus murinus murinus
Common Indian
musk-shrew
Suncus murinus
caerulescens
Indian grey musk-rat
Suncus murinus kandianus
Kandyan shrew
Suncus murinus montanus
Ceylon highland shrew
Suncus zeylanicus
Ceylon jungle shrew
Suncus etruscus
fellowes-gordoni
Ceylon pigmy shrew
Crocidura miya
Ceylon long-tailed shrew
Crocidura horsfield
horsfield
Horsfield's shrew
Solisorex pearsoni
Pearson's long-clawed
shrew
ORDER: Chiroptera (BATS)
SUB-ORDER: Megachiroptera
FAMILY: Pteropidae (Fruit Bats)
Pteropus giganteus
giganteus
Common flying fox
Rousettus seminudus
Ceylon fruit bat
Cynopterus sphinx sphinx
Indian short-nosed fruit
bat
Cynopterus sphinx
ceylonensis
Ceylon short-nosed fruit
bat
SUB-ORDER: Microchiroptera (Insectivorous & Carnivorous Bats)
AMILY: Rhinolophidae (Horse-Shoe Bats)
Rhinolophus luctus
sobrinus
Ceylon Great Horse-Shoe
Bat
Rhinolophus rouxi rouxi
Rufous Horse-Shoe Bat
FAMILY: Hipposiderosidae (Leaf-Nosed Bats)
Hipposideros lankadiva
lankadiva
Great Ceylon Leaf-Nosed
Bat
Hipposideros speoris
speoris
Schneider=s Leaf-Nosed
Bat
Hipposideros galeritus
brachyotus
Dekhan Leaf-Nosed Bat
Hipposideros bicolor ater
Ceylon Bi-Coloured
Leaf-Nosed Bat
FAMILY: Megadermatidae (False Vampire Bats)
Megaderma spasma
ceylonense
Ceylon False Vampire Bat
Megaderma lyra lyra
Indian False Vampire Bat
FAMILY: Vespertilionidae (Typical Insectivorous Bats)
Pipistrellus mordax
Grizzled Pipistrel
Pipistrellus ceylonicus
ceylonicus
Kelaart's Pipistrel
Pipistrellus coromandra
coromandra
Indian Pipistrel
Pipistrellus mimus mimus
Indian Pigmy Pipistrel
Hesperoptenus tickelli
Tickell's Bat
Scotophilus heathi heathi
Greater Yellow Bat
Scotophilus temmincki
wroughtoni
Lesser Yellow Bat
Myotis hasselti
Van Hasselt's Bat
Sub-Family: Murininae (Tube-Nosed Bats)
Murina cyclotis eileenae
Ceylon Tube-Nosed Bat
Sub-Family: Kerivoulinae (Painted Bats)
Kerivoula picta picta
Painted Bat
Kerivoula hardwickei
malpasi
Malpas=s Bat
Sub-Family: Miniopterinae (Long-Winged Bats)
Miniopterus schreiberst
fuliginosus
Long-Winged Bat
FAMILY: Emballonuridae (Sheath-Tailed Bats)
Taphozous longimanus
Long-Armed
Sheath-Tailed Bat
Taphozous melanopogon
Black-Bearded
Sheath-Tailed Bat
Taphozous saccolaimus
crassus
Pouch-Bearing
Sheath-Tailed Bat
FAMILY: Molossidae (Free-Tailed Bats)
Tadarida aegyptiaca
Indian Wrinkled-Lipped
Bat
Tadarida plicara insularis
Ceylon Wrinkled-Lipped
Bat
ORDER: Primates (Apes, Baboons, Monkeys, Lemurs etc.)
Sub-Order: Prosimii (Lemurs, bush-Babies & Lorises)
FAMILY: Lorisidae (Lorises)
Loris tardigradu tardigradus
Western Ceylon Slender
Loris
Loris tardigradus grandis
Highland Ceylon Slender
Loris
Loris tardigradus nordicus
Northern Ceylon Slender
Loris
Loris tardigradus
nycticeboides
Ceylon Mountain Slender
Loris
Sub-Order: Anthropoidea
FAMILY: Cercopithecidae
Sub-family: Colobinae (Langurs or Leaf Monkeys)
Semnopithecus priam
thersites
Ceylon Grey Langur
Trachypithecus vetulus
vetulus
Purple-Faced Leaf
Monkey
Trachypithecus vetulus
nestor
Western Purple-Faced
Leaf Monkey
Trachypithecus vetulus
monticola
Bear Monkey
Trachypithecus vetulus
philbricki
Northern Purple-Faces
Leaf Monkey
Sub-Family: Cercopithecinae (Macaques)
Macaca sinica sinica
Toque Monkey
Macaca sinica aurifrons
Western or Dusky Toque
Monkey
Macaca sinica pisthomelas
Mountain Toque Monkey
ORDER: Pholidota
FAMILY: Manidae (Pangolins)
Manis crassicaidata
Indian Pangolin or Scaly
Anteater
ORDER: Lagomorpha (Mouse-Hares, Hares and Rabbits)
FAMILY: Leporidae (Hares and Rabbits)
Lepus nigricollis singhala
Ceylon Black-Naped Hare
ORDER: Rodentia (Rodents)
Sub-Order: Sciuromorpha (Marmots, Gophers, Squirrels, etc.)
FAMILY: Scuridae (Squirrels)
Petaurista petaurista lanka
Large Ceylon
Flying-Squirrel
Petinomys fuscocapillus
layardi
Small Ceylon Flying
Squirrel
Funambulus palmarum
brodiei
Northern Ceylon Palm
squirrel
Funambulus palmarum
kelaarti
Eastern Ceylon Palm
Squirrel
Funambulus palmarum
olympius
Highland Ceylon Palm
Squirrel
Funambulus palmarum
favonicus
Western Ceylon Palm
Squirrel
Funambulus layardi
layardi
Flame-Stripped jungle
Squirrel
Funambulus layardi
signatus
Western Flame-Stripped
Jungle Squirrel
Funambulus sublineatus
obscurus
Ceylon Dusky-Stripped
jungle Squirrel
Ratufa macroura
macroura
Highland Ceylon Giant
Squirrel
Ratufa macroura
melanochra
Western Ceylon Giant
Squirrel
Ratufa macroura
dandolena
Common Ceylon Gian
Squirrel
Sub-Order: Hystricomorpha (Porcupines)
FAMILY: Hystericidae (Porcupines)
Hystrix indica
Indian Porcupine
Sub-Order: Myomorpha
FAMILY: Muridae (Rats, Mice and rat-like rodents)
Sub-family: Gerbillinae (Gerbils)
Tatera indica ceylonica
Ceylon Gerbil or
Antilope-Rat
Sub-family: Murinae (Rats and Mice)
Bandicota indica
Indian Bandicoot or
Bandicoot-Rat
Bandicota bengalensis
gracilis
Ceylon Mole Ray or
Lesser Bandicoot
Bandicota bengalensis
insularis
Northern Ceylon Mole
Rat
Mus musculus castaneus
Indian House Mouse
Mus cervicolor
fulvidiventris
Ceylon Field Mouse
Mus fernandoni
Ceylon Spiny Mouse
Mus (Coelomys) mayori
mayori
Ceylon Spiny-Rat or
Coelomys
Mus (Coelomys) mayori
pococki
Bi-Coloured Spiny-Rat or
Coelomys
Rattus rattus rattus
Common House-Rat or
Black Rat
Rattus rattus alexandricus
Egyptian House-Rat
Rattus rattus rufescens
Indian House-Rat
Rattus rattus kandianus
Common Ceylon
House-Rat
Rattus rattus kelaarti
Ceylon Highland Rat
Rattus norvegicus
European Brown Rat
Rattus blanfordi
White-Tailed Rat
Rattus ohiensis
Ceylon Bi-Coloured Rat
Rattus montanus
Nillu Rat
Golunda ellioti ellioti
Indian Bush-Rat
Golunda ellioti newara
Ceylon Highland
Bush-Rat or Coffee-Rat
Milardia meltada meltada
Indian Soft-Furred Rat
Vandeleuria oleracea
nilagirica
Indian Long-Tailed Tree
Mouse
Vendeleuria oleracea
nolthenii
Ceylon Highland
Long-Tailed Tree Mouse
ORDER: Cetacea (Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises)
Sub-Order: Mysticeti (Whale-Bone Whales)
FAMILY: Balaenopteridae (Rorquals and Hump-Nosed Whales)
Balaenoptera acutorostrata
Little Picked Whale,
Minke Whale or Lesser
Rorqual
Balaenoptera physalus
Common Rorqual or Fin
Whale
Balaenoptera musculus
Great Blue Whale
Megaptera novceanglias
Hump-Backed Whale
FAMILY: Eschrichtiidae (Grey Whales)
Eschrichtius gibbosus
California Grey Whale
Sub-Order: Odontoceti (Toothed Whales and Dolphins)
FAMILY: Physeteridae (Sperm Whales)
Kogia breviceps
Pigmy Sperm Whale
Physeter catodor
Sperm Whale or Cachalot
FAMILY: Ziphiidae (Beaked Whales)
Ziphius cavirostris
Goose-Beaked or
Cuvier=s Beaked Whale
Mesoplodon ginkgodens
Ginkgo-Tooth Beaked
Whale
Hyperoodon planifrons
Bottle-Nosed Whale
FAMILY: Phocoenidae (Porpoises)
Neophocoena
phocaenoides
Little indian Porpoise
FAMILY: Delphinidae (Dolphins and Killer Whales)
Delphinus delphis
Common Dolphin
Stenella longirostris
Long-Beaked Dolphin
Sotalica lentiginosa
Speckled Dolphin
Sotalia plumbea
Plumbeous Dolphin
Tursiops truncatus
Bottle-Nosed Dolphin
Pseudorca crassidens
False Killer Whales
Orcinus orca
Killer Whale or Grampus
ORDER: Carnivora (Carnivores)
FAMILY: Mustelidae (Weasels, Otters, etc.)
Lutra lutra (ceylonica) nair Ceylon Otter
FAMILY: Canidae (Wolves, Jackals, Foxes, etc.)
Canis aureus lanka
Ceylon Jackal
FAMILY: Ursidae (Bears)
Melursus ursinus inornatus
Ceylon Sloth Bear FAMILY: Viverridae (Civets, Palm-cats, Mongooses, etc.)
Sub-Family: Viverrinae (Civets)
Viverricula indica mayori
Ceylon Small Civet-Cat
Sub-Family: Paradoxurinae (Palm-Cats or Palm Civets)
Paradoxurus
hermaphroditus
Common Indian Palm-Cat
Paradoxurus zeylonensis
Golden Palm-Civet
Sub-Family: Herpestinae (Mongooses)
Herpestes edwardsi lanka
Common Ceylon Grey
Mongoose
Herpestes fuscus flavidents
Highland Ceylon Brown
Mongoose
Herpestes fuscus rubidior
Western Ceylon Brown
Mongoose
Herpestes fuscus
maccarthiae
Northern Ceylon Brown
Mongoose
Herpestes smithi
zeylanicus
Ceylon Ruddy Mongoose
Herpestes vitticollis
Striped-Necked
Mongoose
FAMILY: Felidae (Lions, Tigers, Leopards, Cats, etc.)
Felis (Proinailurus)
rubiginosa phillipsi
Ceylon Rusty-Spotted Cat
Felis (Zibethailurus)
viverrina
Indian Fishing Cat
Felis chaus kelaarti
Ceylon Jungle Cat
Panthera pardus lankae
Ceylon Leopard
ORDER: Proboscidea (Elphants and their allies)
FAMILY: Elephantidae (Elephants)
Elephas maximus
maximus
Ceylon Elephant
Elephas maximus vil-aliya
Ceylon Marsh Elephant
ORDER: Sirenia (Dugongs, Sea-Cows)
FAMILY: Dugongidae (Dugongs)
Dugong dugong
Common Dugong
ORDER: Perissodactyla (Odd-Toed Ungulates)
FAMILY: Equidae (Horses and Donkeys)
Eques eques
Mannar Pony
Eques caballos
Mannar Pigmy Donkey
ORDER: Artiodactyla (Even-Toed Ungulates)
Sub-Order: Suiformes (Pigs and Pig-Like Mammals)
FAMILY: Suidae (Pigs)
Sus scrofa cristatus
Indian Wild Pig
Sub-Order: Ruminantia (Ruminants)
FAMILY: Tragulidae (Cheverotains or Mouse Deer)
Tragulus meminna
Indian Mouse Deer or
Chevrotain
FAMILY: Cervidae (Deer)
Muntiacus muntjak
malabaricus
Indian Muntjak ot
Barking Deer
Axis (axis) axis
ceylonensis
Ceylon Spotted Deer
Cervus unicolor unicolor
Sambhur
FAMILY: Bovidae (Wild Cattle and Buffalos)
Bubalus bubalis bubalis
Indian Water Bu
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