,44 CENTRAI, AFRICAN GAME AND ITS SPOOR. 



HONEY BADGER (Mellivora ratel). 



Native Names. 



Chinyanja Chuuli. Zulu (Ngoni) . . . Chuuli. 



Chiyao Kasapitinye. Chiwemba Kibuli or Kibao. 



Chikunda Chinzenzenzi. 



Food. 

 Honey. Termites and ants. Rats and fieldmice. 



Habitat. 

 Prefers rather wild country. 



Habits. 

 Generally nocturnal, but appears in the day or evening in an uninhabited 

 country. 



Lives often in antbear holes. 



Burrows to get at honey and after rats, &c., to get at their nests. 



Notes. 



