Category: Story of the Wild

FISHING CAT (Prionailurus viverrinus) Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Carnivora Family: Felidae Genus: Prionailurus Species: viverrinus English Name: Fishing Cat Sinhala Name: Handun Diviya Tamil Name: Koddi Poonai Average adult weight: 8-16kg Size comparison: About the size of an adult cocker spaniel Unlike most feline species fishing cat is well adapted for a

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Sri Lanka has her own ‘Big Five’. The wonder of Asia, the pearl of the Indian Ocean has so much bio diversity and was renowned as one of the twenty five bio diversity hotspots in the world. Areas that carry an unusually high number of endemic species worldwide are referred to as biodiversity hotspots. Sri

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