1^6 CENTRAL AFRICAN GAME AND ITS SPOOR. 



PORCUPINE (Hystrix afr^-australis). 



Native Names. 



Chinyanja Nungu. Chichewa .... Chinungu. 



Chiyao Ndinu. Chiwemba .... Kinungi. 



Chikunda Nungu. 



Food. 

 Pumpkins and cucumbers from native gardens, a kind of wild potato, and other 

 roots. 



Spoor. 

 Dung often seen on paths and very distinctive, being Hke a lot of date-stones 

 stuck together. That shown in our illustration is rather a large specimen. There are 

 almost always a number stuck together and seldom dropped separately. 



Habits. 

 Lives in holes in rocks by day and feeds at night. Digs for roots. 

 Their quills are often seen in the bush where they have been dropped. 



Notes. 



