Endemic Animals of Sri Lanka

Order Primate: Primates

Name	Species Authority	Red List
Family Lorisidae: Lorises
Red Slender Loris	Loris tardigradus (Linnaeus, 1758)	[9]
Family Cercopithecidae: Old world monkeys
Toque Macaque	Macaca sinica (Linnaeus, 1771)	[10]
Purple-faced Langur	Trachypithecus vetulus (Erxleben, 1777)	[11]

[edit] Order Rodentia: Rodents

Name	Species Authority	Red List
Family Sciuridae: Squirrels
Layard's Palm Squirrel	Funambulus layardi (Blyth, 1849)	[12]
Family Muridae: Old world rats and mice
Mayor's Mouse	Mus mayori (Thomas, 1915)	[13]
Ceylon Spiny Mouse	Mus fernandoni (Phillips, 1932)	[14]
Nillu Rat	Rattus montanus Phillips, 1932	[15]
Ohiya Rat	Srilankamys ohiensis (Phillips, 1929)	[16]
Nolthenius's Long-tailed Climbing Mouse	Vandeleuria nolthenii Phillips, 1929	[17]

[edit] Order Soricomorpha: Shrews and moles

Name	Species Authority	Red List