JACKALS. 



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JACKALS. 



I. Side striped (Canis adustus). 2. Black backed (Canis mesomelas). 



Native Names. 

 Chinyanja .... Nkhandwe. 



Chiyao Likule 



Chikunda .... Nkhandwe. 

 Zulu (Ngoni) . . Likanga. 



Food. 



Maola, Msimpsa, Masuku, and other berries. 



villages. Locusts. 



Spoor. 



Not unlike that of the jungle cat in general shape, but bigger, and shows claw- 

 marks. Its dung, containing berries, is deposited in little heaps, thus differing 

 from the large heaps of several days' droppings of the last named animal. Also 

 we have never noticed the fur of mice in it, and, feeding as it does on offal, the dung 

 is generally darker and not so entirely made up of berries. 



Habitat. 



Found almost anywhere. 



Habits. 



Nocturnal, but often seen about dusk, when it appears extremely impudent. 

 Its cry of bwe ! bwe ! (from which the Abisa name mumbwe comes) is constantly 

 heard at night. 



It has been said that this animal follows the leopard as the hyaena does the 

 lion, but we have seen nothing to verify this statement, and would think it unlikely, 

 in view of the fact that the leopard is rather partial to jackal flesh, if it can 

 seize one. 



We have come across both kinds of jackal, the side striped being the larger 



of the two kinds. 



Notes. 



