186 EXTINCT AND VANISHING MAMMALS 



game laws, i. e., without any special protection.) " (A. Roberts, in 

 Hit., November, 1936.) 



Portuguese East Africa. Peters (1852, p. 174) records specimens 

 from Quitangonha, from near Cape Delgado, and from the vicinity 

 of Quelimane. He adds that the scales are made into finger rings 

 and worn as a protection against the "evil eye." 



Kirk states (1865, p. 654) that it occurs near Sena. 



Southern Rhodesia. Chubb (1909, p. 125) records a specimen 

 from AVankie, Matabelelend. 



The species is by no means common. Most Rhodesian natives use 

 the skin as a charm, and for this reason the animals are in great 

 demand. Were it not for their retiring nature and strictly nocturnal 

 habits, they would be in danger of extermination. They will be 

 protected in the near future. (Game Warden, Wankie Game Re- 

 serve, in litt., March, 1937.) 



Northern Rhodesia. Pitman notes (1934, p. 173) that this pango- 

 lin is "recorded from Batoka Province and Barotse." The natives 

 do not "seem to know of it in the areas I have toured (with the 

 exception of the Kafue Hook) ." He quotes Neave (1906) to the effect 

 that it is not unusual to see the scales worn as charms by natives 

 of the mid-Zambesi Valley. 



Tanganyika Territory. Holmwood (1878, p. 632) records a speci- 

 men "from the coast opposite Zanzibar, lat. 6 S. ; but I have seen 

 what I took to be the same animal, both in Somali-land under the 

 equator and as far south as the Makna country opposite Mozam- 

 bique." 



Matschie (1895, p. 143) records the animal from Wahumba, 

 Bagamoyo, Massai Nyika, and Mandera. 



The Game Preservation Department (in litt., December, 1936) 

 reports no danger of extinction. 



Kenya. The Game Warden (in litt., November, 1936) reports 

 no decrease, though the animal is not protected. 



Three-cusped Pangolin; White-bellied Pangolin; Pale-bellied 



Pangolin; Pointed-scaled Pangolin. Pangolin tricuspide 



(Fr.). Dreizackige Schuppentier (Ger.) 



PHATAGINUS TRICUSPIS (Rafinesque) 



Manis tricuspis Rafinesque, Annales Gen. Sci. Physiques [Bruxelles], vol. 7, 

 p. 215, 1821. (Type locality not stated; restricted by Allen and Coolidge 

 (1930, vol. 2, p. 606) to "West Africa.") 



FIGS.: Royal Nat. Hist., vol. 3, p. 230, fig., 1894-95; Johnston, 1906, vol. 2, 

 p. 749, fig. 292; Schouteden, 1930, p. [88], fig. 1; Hatt, 19346, pis. 36-37, 

 and 1934c, p. 727, lower fig., p. 730, upper fig., p. 731, right-hand fig.; 

 Rosevear, 1937, p. 12, fig. 1. 



