The island’s rich variety of wild life(86 mammal species, 16 of them endemic) can be viewed in national parks and sanctuaries. Among the most accessible are Yala, Uda Walawe, Wasgomuwa, Hortan palins, Gal oya, Lunugamvehera, Menneriya, Kauduluwawa, Lahugala, Randenigala and Wilpattu Herds of Elephant, Wild buffalo, Sambhur, spotted deer and wild boar as well as leopard, sloth bear, mouse and barking deer, many kinds of monkey, rusty spotted and fishing cat, pangolin, giant squirrel, porcupine and loris and numerous species of amphibians can be seen.