List of MAMMALIA species in Sri Lanka



This is a list of MAMMALIA in Sri Lanka according to the IUCN Red List.

This list was last updated 2019-09-14

 

This list contains only species that have been assessed for the IUCN Red List. It is therefore not representative of all the species in the country.

Species counts by country: Total | Amphibians | Birds | Fish | Mammals | Reptiles | Vascular Plants.

scientific_namecommon_nametaxonidcategory
Loris tardigradus Red Slender Loris 12375 EN
Srilankamys ohiensis Ohiya Rat 20688 VU
Macaca sinica Toque Macaque 12560 EN
Vandeleuria nolthenii Nolthenius's Long-tailed Climbing Mouse 22844 EN
Funambulus layardi Layard's Palm Squirrel 8700 VU
Suncus fellowesgordoni Sri Lanka Shrew 21143 EN
Suncus zeylanicus Jungle Shrew 21148 EN
Paradoxurus zeylonensis Golden Palm Civet 41694 LC
Moschiola meminna White-spotted Chevrotain 41779 LC
Rattus montanus Sri Lankan Mountain Rat 19348 EN
Crocidura hikmiya Sinharaja White-toothed Shrew 136596 EN
Crocidura miya Sri Lankan Long-tailed Shrew 5608 EN
Trachypithecus vetulus Purple-faced Langur 22042 EN
Moschiola kathygre Yellow-striped Chevrotain 136799 LC
Mus fernandoni Ceylon Spiny Mouse 13961 EN
Mus mayori Mayor's Mouse 13969 VU
Solisorex pearsoni Pearson's Long-clawed Shrew 20332 EN

 

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Species are classified by the IUCN Red List into nine groups:
  • Extinct (EX) – beyond reasonable doubt that the species is no longer extant.
  • Extinct in the wild (EW) – survives only in captivity, cultivation and/or outside native range, as presumed after exhaustive surveys.
  • Critically endangered (CR) – in a particularly and extremely critical state.
  • Endangered (EN) – very high risk of extinction in the wild, meets any of criteria A to E for Endangered.
  • Vulnerable (VU) – meets one of the 5 red list criteria and thus considered to be at high risk of unnatural (human-caused) extinction without further human intervention.
  • Near threatened (NT) – close to being at high risk of extinction in the near future.
  • Least concern (LC) – unlikely to become extinct in the near future.
  • Data deficient (DD)
  • Not evaluated (NE)