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Italian Somaliland. Recorded by De Beaux (1935, p. 12). 



Kenya. Hollister (1918, pt. 1, p. 138) lists specimens from the 

 following localities: Kabalolot Hill, Sotik; Northern Guaso Nyiro 

 River; Telek River, Sotik; and Ulukenia Hills. 



Tanganyika Territory. Recorded from Tabora (Matschie, 1895, 

 p. 62). 



Northern Rhodesia. "I am reliably informed that specimens 

 have been obtained at Tara and Kalomo in the Batoka Province. 

 Elsewhere the natives do not seem to have heard of it." (Pitman, 

 1934, p. 162.) 



Southern Rhodesia. It ranges rather sparsely over this country 

 (western Matabeleland, etc.) (Shortridge, 1934, vol. 1, p. 150). 



Transvaal. "In the Eastern Transvaal the Aard Wolf is not 

 found in the low-veld proper; it occurs in the more open country 

 among the foothills of the Drakensberg at a height of over 1,500 

 feet" (Hamilton, in Shortrklge, 1934, vol. 1, p. 150). A specimen is 

 recorded from Potchefstrom (W. L. Sclater, 1900, vol. 1, p. 82). 



Natal. "It is fairly common in Natal" (Warren, in Shortridge, 



1934, vol. 1, p. 150). 



Cape Province. The Aard-wolf is reported as not uncommon 

 throughout the colony (W. L. Sclater, 1900, vol. 1, p. 81). 



Bechuanaland. "The Kalahari Sand-Plains" are "perhaps the 

 regions in which it is most plentiful. . . . The karross-making 

 tribes in Bechuanaland . . . are said to procure most of their aard 

 wolf skins with the aid of dogs." (Shortridge, 1934, vol. 1, p. 150.) 



As many as 14 have been seen together in the Kalahari (Langdon, 

 in Shortridge, 1934, vol. 1, p. 151). 



South-West Africa. "Proteles is widely distributed throughout 

 South -West Africa; nowhere very abundantly. It is apparently 

 rather scarce along the valley of the Orange River, and northwards 

 in the neighbourhood of the Okavango and in the Caprivi. . . . 



"The Aard Wolf is fairly plentiful around Gobabis and in the 

 sand-plains generally; and is also familiar in Namaqualand, Da- 

 maraland, the Kaokoveld, Ovamboland, and the Namutoni Game 

 Reserve." (Shortridge, 1934, vol. 1, pp. 149-150.) 



Angola. It is rather common in the south of Angola but much 

 rarer in the north. A skin was brought in to Vila da Ponte, where 

 the animal was unknown to the natives. (Monard, 1931, p. 66, and 



1935, p. 228.) The type locality of the subspecies harrisoni is Um- 

 pata in the Mossamedes district. 



Economic status. "The coat is very handsome, and ... its skin 

 is more sought after [than that of the hyenas] by some of the native 

 tribes notably the Bechuanas, who hunt and trap it systematically" 

 (Bryden, 1899, p. 599). 



"Sparrman and other authors who have examined the stomachs 



