White monkeys found in Sinharaja [September 13 2011]

A new species of white monkeys have been found from the Sinharaja rain forest by the Galle Wildlife Conservation Association (GWCA).

The GWCA Chairman Madura de Silva the new species was not an albino of the common black monkey found in Sinharaja forest.

" We have traced this white monkey species in several places in the southern region of the Sinharaja forest during a survey, which conducted with the assistance of the Biodiversity Unit of the Ministry of Environment. we have observed 26 monkey troops in the rain forests and home gardens around Galle and Matara districts and found 30 individuals with unusual white color in 14 troops", he said.