"Sri Lankan Black Panther" Rediscovered in Sri Lanka Central Forests.

Four Sri Lankan black panthers ( a female, male and two cubs) believed to be long extinct in Sri Lanka have been captured on remote motion-sensing live Camera.

Earlier the last Sri Lankan black panther was reportedly found dead in a trap. After that, the hide of the animal was exhibited at the Girithale Sri Lanka wildlife museum as the last trace of the Sri Lankan black panther.

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The Wildlife Conservation Department of Sri Lanka is currently working in islandwide research on Sri Lankan panthers, recently found the trace of Sri Lankan black panther's existence in Sri Lanka forests.

The Wildlife Conservation Department of Sri Lanka installed several remote motion-sensing cameras in areas where Sri Lankan black panther believed to have been spotted and on 26th October 2019 one of these live cameras was able to capture the footage of Sri Lankan black panthers that was believed to be extinct long back.

With the captured footages of the camera, the Sri Lankan panthers' research team of Wildlife Conservation Department of Sri Lanka managed to found the exitance of a Sri Lankan black panther's family including a female, male and two cubs. Sri Lankan black panther got its unique color features due to a color mutation.

The islandwide research on Sri Lankan panthers was led by Dr Manoj Akalanka and Dr Malaka Abeywardene of the Wildlife Conservation Department and the technical support and assistance for the research process was offered by the Tropical Eco-System Research Networks Organization of Sri Lanka.

Finally, there is proven evidence for this extremely rare Sri Lankan black panther!


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