MAMMALS OF CEYLON

Order and Family of
Sub-Family,

Name.

English. | Sinhalese

Remarks

PRIMATES
CERCOPITHECIN.E 0
‘with cheek-pouches)). | Maracus pileatus|] Toque monkey  -| Rilaw

Dr. Blanford states that this macaque
and A. sinicus, the common monkey
of Southern India, are probably
varieties of the same species. It
is “ carried about by jugglers and
itinerant mountebanks........exactly
as AM. rhesus is in Northern India
and M. sinicus in Southern India,”
Northern Ceylon, extending south
as far as Trincomalee and the
skirts of the Kandyan hills (Blanford).

The common monkey of the maritime
districts.
Probably a white variety of S. ursinus
or 8. cephalopterus.
Said to occur especially near Nuwara
Eliya.
A tailless lemur of arboreal and
nocturnal habits living in the
forests of the low-countrv and
Central Province.

SEMNOPITHECIN.A
(without cheekpouches)


2 Semnopithecus
nriamue

Madras langur ~~ - Konde-wafidura
(crested wande
roo)

3 8. eephalopterus
4 8. senew
5 8. ursinus
6 Loris aracilis

Purple-faced mon
key
White monkey
Bear monkey
Cevlon sloth

Kalu-wanidurd
(black wanderoo)

Maha-wandurd
(great wanderoo)
Unahapuluwi

LEMURIDA.

CARNIVORA.
FeLips.

7 Felis pardus

| Leopard or panther Kotiya (female, The cheetah, or hunting leopard.
kotidena) Cyneelurus jubatus, does not occur
in Ceylon.
Locally known as the large tiger-cat
Qmallar than the domestic cat

8 F. viverrina
9 F. rubiginosa
10 FF. ohaus

Fishing cat - Hafidun diviyz
Rusty spotted cat -| Kuld-diviya (wild
cat)
Junele cat

This is the common wild cat of India
but is rarely met with in Cevlon.

VIVERRIDA.

11 Viverricula
malaccensis
12 Paradoxurus
niger
13 P. aureus

3mall Indian civet-| Uruléwh
Indian palm civet J Ucuduwi

Frequents the roofs of bungalows
even in Colombo ; sometimes called
locally the Ceylon polecat.
Generally distributed, but lesscommon
than P. niger ; it is sometimes called
the golden paradoxure.
Very common in junglesand villages;
frequently seen running across the
roads. “It lives and breeds iv
holes dug by itself” (Blanford).
he Sinhalese term is applied in.
differently to the golden paradoxure
and to the red mungoose.
Probably a variety of H. fuscus ol
the Nilgiris.
Locally called the Ceylon badger.

Ceylonese palm| Hétambuws
civetl

14 Herpestes mungn'

Indian muncoose -| Mueativi

15 H. smithi

Ruddy mungoose  Hotambuwi

16 H. fulvescens
17 H. vittieollis

Ceylon brown mungoose

Stripe-necked mun.
ooose

Ran-mugatiy4 (gol
den mungoose)
fioku-mugatiyd
(large mungoose

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