by Rukshan Jayewardene | Sunday Observer

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Day of the leopard
One of only two island sub-species
Today, leopards live in 26 range countries scattered across the African and Asian continents and are subdivided into nine sub-species based on their genetic divergence and distinction. Of these, the Sri Lankan leopard (Panthera pardus kotiya) is one of only two sub-species restricted to islands. The other sub-species (Panthera pardus melas) live on the Indonesian Island...
1 August, 2021
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Saving leopard from extinction
The leopard is a big cat in the genus Panthera (Panthera pardus) that has a distribution throughout sub-Saharan Africa, through...
The importance of exercising your democratic right to vote :
All politicians respect and fear the collective voice of the people
On November 16, 2019, our country goes to the polls to elect a new President. Now, this is a statement of the obvious, since if...
Day of the leopard
Today, leopards live in 26 range countries scattered across the...
2021-07-31 18:30:00 0
All politicians respect and fear the collective voice of the people
On November 16, 2019, our country goes to the polls to elect a new...
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