Table 1. Incidence of parasitized M. m. pococki infested with ectoparasites in the four forest reserves.

Forest reserve^a	Host					Ectoparasites
	N^b	Incidence^c (%)	% of parasitized hosts with different ecotparasite loads^d			Echinolaelaps mites	P. serrata louse	Ixodes tick larvae	Megachernes Pseudoscorpions
			Low [ <5]	Medium [ 5-15 ]	High [>15]	N (%)	N (%)	N (%)	N (%)
Kanneliya	99	76 (N=75)	52	24	24	75 (100)	3 (4)	1 (1)	1 (1)
Sinharaja	11	64 (N=7)	43	14	43	7 (100)	-	1 (1)	-
Yagirala	4	50 (N=2)	-	-	100	2 (100)	-	-	-
Walankanda	3	33 (N=1)	-	-	100	1 (100)	-	-	-

^a - Kanneliya and Sinharaja - Man and Biosphere Reserves; Yagirala and Walankanda - forest patches; ^b - Number of hosts observed; ^c - % of infested individuals; ^d - % of parasitized hosts with different ectoparasite loads per individual

Table 2. Mean body length and weight of the ectoparasite-infested and non-infested individuals of M. m. pococki captured from the four forest reserves

Forest reserve^a	N^b	Mean body length (mm)		Mean weight (g)
		Infested	Non-infested	Infested	Non-infested
Kanneliya	99	90.6	97.0	38.3	38.0
Sinharaja	11	91.8	86.0	40.5	41.0
Yagirala	4	90.5	-	51.2	55.0
Walankanda	3	82.5	80.0	25.0	25.0

^a - Kanneliya and Sinharaja - Man and Biosphere Reserves; Yagirala and Walankanda - forest patches; ^b - Number of hosts observed. According to the Paired T-Test, there was no significant difference in weight (T = -0.94) and body length (T = 0.17) between infected and non infected individuals