Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word lineage. Princeton's WordNet(1.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition: lineage, line, line of descent, descent, bloodline, blood line, blood, pedigree, ancestry, origin, parentage, stemma, stock(noun) the descendants of one individual.
A little known fact is that Sri Lanka is home to 125 Mammalian species. Much has been written about elephants, leopards and even on primates individually, but after W.W.A. Philipsâ review of Sri Lankaâs mammals in the 1930s, there was no comprehensive review undertaken.
There are about 30 species of monitors, including the world's largest, the Komodo Dragon of Indonesia. Smaller than the Komodo, Sri Lanka's monitor can climb trees. All monitors run fast in pursuit of prey, which include small mammals, reptiles, insects, birds and carrion.