COMMON NAME: Jaguar SCIENTIFIC NAME: Panthera onca TYPE: Mammals DIET: Carnivores AVERAGE LIFE SPAN IN THE WILD: 12 to 15 years SIZE: Head and body, 5 to 6 ft; tail, 27.5 to 36 in WEIGHT: 100 to 250 lbs SIZE RELATIVE TO A 6-FT MAN: IUCN RED LIST STATUS: Near Threatened CURRENT POPULATION TREND: Decreasing The jaguar (Panthera onca) is a wild cat species…
Month: November 2018
Gray Wolf
COMMON NAME: Gray Wolf SCIENTIFIC NAME: Canis lupus TYPE: Mammals DIET: Carnivores GROUP NAME: Pack AVERAGE LIFE SPAN IN THE WILD: 6 to 8 years SIZE: Head and body, 36 to 63 in; tail, 13 to 20 in WEIGHT: 40 to 175 lbs SIZE RELATIVE TO A 6-FT MAN: IUCN RED LIST STATUS: Least Concern CURRENT POPULATION TREND: Stable The wolf (Canis lupus), also…
Sri Lankan Jackal (Canis aureus naria)
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Carnivora Family: Canidae Genus: Canis Species: C. aureus Subspecies: C. a. naria The Sri Lankan jackal (Canis aureus naria), also known as the Southern Indian jackal is a subspecies of golden jackal native to southern India and Sri Lanka. On the Asian mainland, the Sri Lankan jackal occurs…
Face Paint
On the 16th of September, which was a bit of a gloomy day from the start, all of us gathered to Viharamahadevi Park which was the starting point of the walk at around 7.30 in the morning. Everyone was wearing the walk t-shirt and the cap which was pitch blue, it was a bit hard…
Car Wash
One bustling September evening, while brainstorming our way through varied ideas to collect funds for Sihina Tharanaya 2.0, our team came up with the idea of organizing a car wash. After obtaining approval to go ahead with the project, the committee was appointed and with the guidance of each avenue director, coordinator and board members,…
Rotaract Club of SLIIT 