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Muhoroni. On the plains between this place and Kisumu, however, the animal is common, 

 especially about Kibos. It is also found at the mouth of the Kibigori or Bagamoyo stream 

 on the shores of Lake Victoria. In Uganda it is, perhaps, the commonest of buck, while it is 

 also common on the banks of the Nile in the Lado Enclave. 



KOB, WHITE-EARED. 



Habitat, see " Mrs. Gray's Kob " above. 



KUDU, GREATER. 



Native Names. 



Swahili Marua (same as Masai 01-maalo. 



bongo). Ogiek (Ravine) . Tiandaberiambut (?). 



This animal is rare or non-existent in the greater part of the administrated portions of the 

 Protectorate. Near Baringo it occurs, but is there protected. It is occasionally met with in the 

 Rift Valley south of Baringo, where the country is suited to it. I have seen it at Legisinan. It 

 is reported to be fairly common north of Elgon, and it is also found near Marsabit and near the 

 shores of Rudolf, and also, probably, in many other parts of the Borana country. The animal 

 haunts, for preference, the sides of stony and steep bush-clad hills. 



KUDU, LESSER. 



Native Names. 



Swahili Marua mdogo. Kinyika Sakwa. 



This animal is fairly common in many parts of the Protectorate. Like the greater kudu it 

 prefers dry, stony, and broken bush-country, and both species are often found where water is 

 scarce or non-existent. The lesser kudu is found in the Taru Desert, and plentifully in the 

 waterless tract between the railway line and the Tana. It also occurs in the Shimba Hills, some 

 of the islands of the Lamu Archipelago, and in some of the coast bush-belt. It is fairly plentiful 

 in parts of the Borana country and in parts of the Turkana country. There is also a small herd 

 near Nyeri. 



LEMURS. 



Lemurs occur in Zanzibar and along the coast. The common lemur is the galago, called by 

 the natives komba, while any other kind is often referred to as komba wa buktm'=the Madagascar 

 lemur. 



Lemurs are nocturnal animals, and can be heard making their croaking noises at night. They 

 generally lie up amid thick date, cocoa, or other palms, and cause great consternation to the 

 natives, for they are said to help themselves out of the cocoanut bowls placed in the palms to 

 catch the toddy as it oozes out. 



