272 THROUGH ANGOLA 



The HUNTING LEOPARD (Cynoslurus jubatus) 

 (Emalanga in Umbundu)>fs-ound sparsely in the 

 centre stnd south of Angola. Hre hunting leopard 

 has a shorter head and smaller, mor^e solid-looking 

 spots than the leopard ; but the mo&t important 

 difference is its dog-like JDads, which Vhow in a 

 track the points of the /nails, which Cannot be 

 entirely retracted as with the cat. Shorter and 

 lighter but taller than the leopard, the hunting 

 leopard is built for speed and trusts tji^it to get 

 its prey. 



The HYAENAS include the Spotted Hyaena 

 (Hycena crocuta) (Ocimbungu and Munguli), found 

 sparsely all over Angola, but chiefly in the south, 

 and the Brown Hyaena (Hycena brunnea), foumd 

 only in the south. 



I heard the weird cry of the hyaena at several 

 of my camps, but never saw one of these animals 

 while crossing Angola. This quaint, ungainly 

 beast, with his dirty yellow coat and indistinct 

 spots, high forequarters, and sloping back, is 

 perhaps normally a carrion eater, content to 

 dine off the leavings of a swifter and more skilful 

 hunter like the lion or leopard, for his heavy jaws 

 can help him to make a dinner on bones and skin 

 alone. He sometimes hunts wild animals for his 

 food, or tries to steal a dog or goat from a neigh- 

 bouring village, and any meat or trophy from a 

 hunter's camp; and I suffered on one occasion 

 from the effects of his remarkable cunning and 

 persistence in this direction in one of my camps 

 in Angola. 



Occasionally the hyaena will attack human 



