WHITE MONKEYS IN SINHARAJA

Rare species, of white Monkeys at Sinharaja forest.

The species of Monkeys in Sri Lanka fall into 3 categories. They are called Apes/Chimpanzees as they are devoid of tails. They are ash and black in colour. The traditional Monkeys are also ash in colour   having tails. However hardly anyone had heard that there were species of ‘White Monkeys’ in Sri Lanka.
When it was made to know, that there are ‘White Monkeys that resemble the traditional Monkeys in the Sinharaja forest in the year 2010, desperate attempts were made by the authorities, to locate them through tedious exercises.
Now it has been proved that there are ‘White Monkeys’, that resemble our traditional Monkeys are present and live in their numbers in the Sinharaja forest.
This is learnt that is in resemblance to the ‘White Lions’ of Zimbabwe and the ‘White Bears’ of Canada. The ‘White Monkeys’ have been identified as that which belong to the species of ‘Black Monkeys’ in Sri Lanka.
In this elaborate investigations and inspections that were carried out, credit should be given to those who toiled in this exercise, namely Madura de Silva, Nadeeka Hapuarachchi and Rohan Krishantha who were involved in this exercise.
Having such rare species our Geological Heritage which is centuries old should be preserved taking this case of ‘White Monkeys’ as a typical example.



Photographs by Wild Life Conservation Society.