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Kan Kota (Scarface)

කන් කොටා கன் கொட்டா

Kan Kota (Scarface)
Charles J. Sharp · CC BY-SA 4.0
A photo of a Sri Lankan Leopard — not this animal

Kan Kota (Scarface) (Thalgasmankada 5:4 Male) is a male leopard of Yala National Park; “Kan Kota” is a name used by Yala trackers and the Leopard Trails team. He held a very large territory from Warahana in the north to Patanangala in the south. He was nicknamed “Scarface” for his facial scars and is known as “Kan Kota”, Sinhala for “the one with the short ears”.

Sources

  1. Leopards of Yala – Males (page 4): Thalgasmankada 5:4 Male [Kan Kota] — Leopard Trails, Leopards of Yala
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