Can I see foxes in Udawalawe National Park?

No, you cannot see true foxes in Udawalawe National Park, because there are no fox species native to Sri Lanka.

While the island does not host true foxes, it still has the Sri Lankan Jackal, which is a subspecies of the golden jackal, and it takes up a similar ecological niche. Because of that, visitors sometimes mistake it for a fox. Also, the phrase “flying fox” gets used a lot in Sri Lanka, but it actually refers to a species of large fruit bat. You can commonly see this bat roosting in tall trees, and it is not a canine at all.