Semnopithecus · Paradoxurus · Loris
Primates & Small Mammals
Common troops, and two of the hardest animals on the island to find.
- Grey langur, toque macaque
- Golden palm civet, red slender loris
- Very early, very late
- 44 species
Grey langurs and toque macaques are part of the furniture in Yala: you will see troops on the tracks, in the trees and occasionally on the jeep's bonnet.
The prizes are smaller. The golden palm civet and the red slender loris are both here, both nocturnal and both genuinely lucky finds — worth knowing about so you recognise one if your driver stops for no obvious reason.
Where to look
Canopy edges and shaded tracks; the rare ones only by luck.
How often it is seen
Troops daily, the rest by chance
Also in the park