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particularly destructive where sheep and calves are concerned." 

 (Pitman, 1934, p. 12.) Skins have been obtained in the Mumbwa, 

 Namwala, Broken Hill, Mpika, Chinsali, and Petauke Districts 

 (op. cit., p. 159). 



In Nyasaland "the Cheetah has so far only been found in the 

 Central Province of Angoniland. Even there it is seldom seen, but 

 may be more numerous than is believed at present, as it is nearly 

 always confused with the Leopard by the natives." (Wood, in May- 

 don, 1932, p. 316.) 



In Portuguese East Africa "Cheetahs ... are not very numerous 

 in the Zambezi valley, occurring perhaps most plentifully between 

 Muterara and the Lupata Gorge, where reed buck and other small 

 antelopes are common. I have also seen them in the Mlanje district 

 . . . , in the Barue to the south of Tete, and in the open country 

 south of the Shupanga Forest." (Maugham, 1914, p. 195.) 



In the Belgian Congo, 20 years ago, the species was comparatively 

 abundant over the southern part of the colony, from Kwango to 

 Tanganyika. It probably ranged to the northern extremity of Lake 

 Tanganyika, wherever grassy stretches, inhabited by small rumi- 

 nants, assured it of favorable conditions for existence. The range 

 seems to have remained practically the same, except in southern 

 Katanga and Lomami, where stock-raising has led to the extermina- 

 tion of Cheetahs. It is well to note that these stock farms have 

 been established where Cheetahs were particularly numerous. Fur- 

 thermore, these animals suffer greatly from hunting with encircling 

 fires, and the natives persecute them everywhere to satisfy the 

 demand for skins on the part of the European population. The 

 Cheetah should be put on the protected list. That would suffice, if 

 the customary destructive hunting by the natives could be effectively 

 stopped, to assure the recuperation of the species outside the zones 

 of stock-raising. (A. J. Jobaert, in litt., November 10, 1936.) 



East African Cheetah 



ACINONYX JUBATUS NGORONGORENSis Hilzheimer 



A[cinonyx\ g[uttatus] ngorongorensis Hilzheimer, Sitz.-ber. Ges. naturf. 

 Freunde Berlin 1913, no. 5, p. 290, figs. 3-4, 1913. (Based upon a living 

 specimen in the Leipzig Zoological Garden, said to have come from 

 "Ngorongoro," south of Lake Natron, Tanganyika Territory.) 



FIGS.: Hilzheimer, 1913, pp. 290-291, figs. 3-4; Roosevelt and Heller, 1914, 

 pi. facing p. 244 (raineyi) ; Hollister, 1918, pi. 5, lower fig. (raineyi) ; 

 Zammarano, 1930, p. 152, fig. (ngorongorensis?). 



Two other forms were subsequently described from East Africa: 

 A. j. velox Heller, Smithsonian Misc. Coll., vol. 61, no. 19, p. 7, 1913 

 ("Loita Plains, British East Africa"), and A. j. raineyi Heller, 

 Smithsonian Misc. Coll., vol. 61, no. 19, p. 9, 1913 ("Ulu, Kapiti 



