152 CENTRAL AFRICAN GAME AND ITS SPOOR. 



MSUKUNYA (Probably Mellor's Mongoose). 



Native Names. 

 Chinyanja ... Msukunya. Chikunda .... Msukunya. 



Food. 

 Snakes, mice, ants, and locusts. 



Habits. 

 A smaller animal than the last. 

 They live in families in ant hills in the same way. 

 Sometimes seen out during the day. 



Notes. 



