Showing posts with label Sciuridae. Show all posts
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Thursday, December 30, 2021

පුංචි ලේනා (Funambulus obscurus)

පුංචි ලේනා පහත රට තෙත් කලාපයේ සිට  ඉහල කඳුකරය දක්වාම වනාන්තර වල පමණක් හමුවේ. එහෙත් ඇතැම් විට වනාන්තර ආශ්‍රිත හොඳින් ගහකොල සහිත ගෙවතු වලද හමුවන අවස්ථා ඇත.  මෙරට හමුවන ලේනුන් අතරින් ප්‍රමාණයෙන් කුඩාම ලේනා හෙයින් පුංචි ලේනා ලෙසින් හඳුන්වන මෙම ලේන් විශේෂයේ මෙරට සිටින වෙනත් ලේන් විශේෂ වල මෙන් නොව ශරීර ප්‍රමාණයට සාපේක්ෂව වලිගය කුඩාය. කෘමින්, කෘමි සතුන්ගේ පිළවුන් මෙන්ම මල් සහ පළතුරු ද පුංචි ලේනා ආහාරයට ගනී. කුරුල්ලන්ගේ ආහාර සෙවීමේ ක්‍රියාවලිය අතරතුරදී ඔවුන්ගෙන් ගිලිහී පලා යන කෘමින් සහ කෘමි පිළවුන් ආහාර කරගැනීමේ අරමුණෙන් විවිධ කුරුල්ලන් එකතු වී එකම මාර්ගයක දිනපතා ගමන් කරන කුරුළු රංචු සමග බිම් මට්ටමේ සිට බොහෝවිට මෙම ලේනා ගමන් කරයි. නිතරම පාහේ ජෝඩු වශයෙන් හමුවන පුංචි ලේනා වරින් වර කුරුල්ලෙකුගේ වැනි ශබ්දයක් නගමින් ඔවුනොවුන් අතර සබඳතාවය පවත්වා ගන්නා ආකාරය දැකිය හැක. පුංචි ලේනා මෙරටට ආවේනිකය.

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Thursday, January 29, 2015

මූකලන් ලේනා[Mookalan Lena ]Sri lanka flame-striped jungle squirrel(Funambulus layardi)

An uncommon endemic squirrel occurs in dense rain forest habitats from lowlands to about 1200m altitude in the south-western wet zone including Knuckles range. It is active during the day time and spends most of its time in the canopy though sometimes encounters near ground level. It use to follow mixed-species bird flocks and feeds mainly on fruits, nuts, lichens, young shoots as well as small insects and grubs. Flame-striped jungle squirrel lives as pairs and breeds during May to July.

Wednesday, February 19, 2014

පුංචි ලේනා[Punchi Leana]Dusky striped jungle squirrel (Funambulus obscurus)


The smallest squirrel in Sri Lanka with relatively short tail compared with the other squirrels. It is distributed in wet zone forests from lowlands to higher hills. It is strictly forest dweller though sometime visits adjoining well wooded home gardens. Dusky striped jungle squirrel feeds on insects, grubs, flowers, fruits and often follows mix-species feeding flocks of birds, closer to the ground in search of disturbed insects and grubs by the birds. They are often encountered as pairs and keep contacts with each others with bird-like contact call. 

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Friday, September 23, 2011

ලේනා[Lena]/Palm Squirrel (Funambulus palmarum)

Most common squirrel of the country distributed throughout the island as four sub species. It is found in almost everywhere except in heavy jungles. Palm squirrel feeds on nuts, seeds, fruits, flowers, barks of the trees and when lives around houses rice, bread and such other scraps of humans. Usually it can be seen associated with yellow billed babblers.

Monday, August 23, 2010

දඬු ලේනා[Dandu Lena]/Giant squirrel (Ratufa macroura)

Giant squirrel is distributed throughout the island in suitable habitats as three different subspecies.  Wet zone and highland subspecies have blackish brown to jet black above with totally black or ‘frosted with white’ tail, while dry zone subspecies has grizzled grey or brown upper parts with heavily frosted tail. They are diurnal and arboreal, always live in forests or near by villages with some trees. Its diet consists of leaves, barks and young twigs and shoots of trees and also wild fruits, berries and nuts in their seasons. It is said that insects, grubs and occasionally bird eggs are also included in its food. They build their nests among branches of tall tree within its territory demarcated by a solitary squirrel or a pair, using small branches and twigs. Usually they build 3-4 nests and use them both for sleeping and bringing forth young.