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Sri Lankan Leopard (Panthera pardus kotiya)
[Endangered]
ID/Nickname: YM-16/Lucas & YM-27/Michael
Location: Yala National Park
The Sri Lankan leopard, also called Ceylon leopard, is a leopard subspecies native to Sri Lanka that was first described in 1956 by the Sri Lankan zoologist Deraniyagala. In 2008, the Sri Lankan leopard was listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List