148 CENTRAL AFRICAN GAME AND ITS SPOOR. 



SLENDER MONGOOSE (Herpestes gracilis). 



Native Names. 



Chinyanja Nyenga. Chibisa .... Chipuru Nyenga. 



Chikunda Msangala. Chiwemba . . Lipuru. 



Zulu (Ngoni) .... Nshlangana. 



Food. 

 Birds such as partridge and chickens ; locusts, eggs. 



Spoor. 

 The two lesser pads at side and not back of foot. 



Habits. 

 Catches birds by day, and takes chickens from villages by night. Lives in ant- 

 bear holes. 



Notes. 



