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This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Sri Lanka, with their respective names in Sinhala also listed. There are 125 mammal species in Sri Lanka, of which one is critically endangered, ten are endangered, ten are vulnerable, and three are near threatened.

There are 121 species within 13 families in Sri Lanka. 59 species are endemic. Hubbard and co-workers documented 46 species in 8 families of order Ephemeroptera. Henneman in 2002 recorded 69 species in order Orthoptera.

Infraclassis: Placentalia. Cladus: Boreoeutheria. Superordo: Laurasiatheria. Ordo: Chiroptera. Subordo: Yinpterochiroptera. Superfamilia: Rhinolophoidea. Familia: Hipposideridae. Genus: Hipposideros. Species: Hipposideros lankadiva.

Of the 91 species of mammals. recorded in the country, 31 are rodents and shrews. Furthermore, they are also of significant importance in biological point of view, as they make up largely to the country's endemic faunal component. The endemic small mammals include six rodents and four shrews.