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Table 12: List of Mammals in Sri LankaScientific Name Common Name NCS Criteria GCS CriteriaFamily : ManidaeManis crassicaudata Gray, 1827Family : SoricidaeE: Pangolin;S: Kaballewa NT NTCrocidura horsfieldi (Tomes, 1856)E: Horsfield’sshrew;S: Kunuhik-miya CR B2ab(iii) DDCrocidura miya Phillips, 1929E: Sri Lankalong-tailed shrew;S: Sri LankaKunuhik-miya CR B1ab(iii) EN B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii)Crocidura hikmiya Meegaskumbura,Meegaskumbura, Pethiyagoda,Manamendra-arachchi & Schneider,2007 CR B2ab(iii)Feroculus feroculus (Kelaart, 1850)Solisorex pearsoni Thomas, 1924Suncus etruscus (Savi, 1822)Suncus fellowes-gordoni Phillips,1932Suncus montanus (Kelaart, 1850)Suncus murinus (Linnaeus, 1766)Suncus zeylanicus Phillips, 1928Family : EmballonuridaeTaphozous longimanus Hardwicke, 1825Taphozous melanopogon Temminck,1841Saccolaimus saccolaimus Temminck,1838E: Kelaart’s longclawedshrew;S: Pirihik-miya ENB1ab(iii)+2ab(iii) EN B1+2ab(ii,iii)E: Sri LankaPearson’s longclawedshrew;S: Sri LankaMahik-miya CR B2ab(iii) EN B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii)E: Pigmy shrew;S: Podi Hik-miya EN B1ab(iii) LCE: Sri Lankapigmy shrew;S: Sri Lanka PodiHik-miyaE:Sri LankaHighland shrew;S:Sri LankaKandu Hik-miyaENENB1ab(iii)+2ab(iii) EN B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii)B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii) VU B2ab(ii,iii)E: Common muskshrew; S: PodhuHik-miya LC LCE: Sri Lankajungle shrew;S: Sri Lanka KeleHik-miya DD EN B2ab(iii)E: Long-armedsheath-tailedbat; S: DikbaKepulum- vavulaENB1ab(iii)+2ab(iii) LCE: Black-beardedsheath-tailedbat; S: RavulkaluKepulum- vavula VU B1ab(iii) LCE: Pouch-bearingsheath-tailedbat; S: MahaKepulum- vavula CR B2ab(iii) LC138