l62 CENTRAL AFRICAN GAME AND ITS SPOOR. 



ANTBEAR OR AARD VARK (Orycteropus afer). 



Native Names. 



Chinyanja . . . Nkumba Khumba. Zulu (Ngoni) . . . Chambani. 



Chiyao .... Mbawe. Chiwisa Nengo. 



Chikunda . . . Zimba. Chisenga Gwenugwenu. 



Food. 



Termites and ants. 



Spoor. 

 Often seen on pathways in the early morning. 



Habits. 

 Burrows in ant-hills and makes holes, which are used by many other animals to 

 live in. Comes out at night, and so its spoor is often met with, but the animal itself 

 is never seen out in the daytime. 



Notes. 



