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beings, especially when asleep at night. They 

 have killed many a child, and mangled some 

 adults, for with his immensely powerful jaws a 

 hyaena can and lias removed most of a man's face. 

 One night when lying very ill under a tree in 

 north-eastern Rhodesia, a hyaena approached me 

 cautiously from behind the tree, and I feel con- 

 vinced that had I not been awake and able to 

 drive him off, the animal would have attacked me. 

 The CAPE HUNTING DOG (Laonpictus), Ombinji, 

 is widely distributed, but rare. A little smaller 

 than a hyaena, it has its sloping build, but a buff 

 coat with black and russet patches. I have thrice 

 seen the dogs hunting, in a crescent formation, 

 whose tireless members take up the running 

 alternately after their bewildered quarry. 



Of lesser carnivora are the JACKALS (Ombulu), 

 Black-backed (Canis mesomelas) and Side-striped 

 (C. adustus) ; AARD-WOLF (Proteles cristatus) ; 

 SERVAL (Felis served), WILD CAT (F. orcreata), 

 and CARACAL (F. caracal) ; a CIVET (Viverra 

 civetta), Cambumba, and two GENETS, Genetta 

 setabce and G. India. 



There is more than one variety of MUNGOOSE. 



Of the PRIMATES, the GORILLA (Gorilla savagei) 



and CHIMPANZEE (Anthropithecus) are found in the 



Cabinda province ; GUEREZA MONKEYS in the 



north and east ; GUENONS, including the Vervet 



Monkey, the YELLOW BABOON (Papio cynocephalus), 



and a MANDRILL ; there are two LEMURS, Galaga 



monleiri (Bobo, Chicafo) and G. senegalensis (Nono). 



Among minor animals are the RATEL (Mellivora 



ratel), Onganba, ANT-BEAR (Orycteropus capensis), 



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