🇱🇰 Animals of Sri Lanka

The Asian palm civet is a small, cat-like viverrid of South and Southeast Asia that climbs trees at night to eat fruit.

The blue whale is the largest animal that has ever lived.

The common kingfisher is a small blue and orange bird of clear, slow rivers across Europe, Asia and North Africa.

The common myna is a brown starling with a black head and a bare yellow patch behind the eye, native to southern Asia.

The false killer whale is a large black dolphin of warm, deep seas that hunts tuna and squid in pods bound by lifelong ties.

The golden jackal is a small wolf-like canid of Europe and southern Asia that lives in lifelong pairs and eats anything from voles to fruit.

The green sea turtle grazes on seagrass in warm coastal waters.

The Indian peafowl is the large ground bird of India and Sri Lanka, and it is India's national bird.

The king cobra is the longest venomous snake.

The leopard is a spotted big cat that lives across Africa and Asia in more kinds of country than any other cat.

The rose-ringed parakeet is a slim green parrot with a red bill and a very long tail.

The saltwater crocodile is the largest living reptile.

The sloth bear is a shaggy, long-clawed bear of India, Nepal, Bhutan and Sri Lanka that lives on termites, ants and fruit.

The wild boar is the wild pig of Europe, Asia and North Africa and the ancestor of the domestic pig.