[232]Native hoes.
APPENDIX C.
ZOOLOGY OF THE SUDAN.
ZOOLOGY.
In preparing the following notes on the Zoology of the country, it has been assumed that the Mammals and Birds will present the most general interest. The variety and distribution of the large “game” animals has been briefly sketched, and, to make space for this, reference to the Invertebrate animals has been omitted.
Mammals.
Primates.Apes and Monkeys are well represented in the Sudan. The Chimpanzee (Anthropopithecus troglodytes schweinfurthi) occurs in the Bahr el Ghazal region, where also is found the beautiful black and white fur-bearing Colobus guereza; Baboons (Papio hamadryas and P. anubis), Grivet (Cercopithecus sabæus) and Patas Monkeys (C. patas) abound and are widely distributed. Lemurs (Galago) occur, but are seldom met with.
Carnivora.The Lion is found wherever the country is suited to its habits, and is in places plentiful. In 1880, one was seen half-way between Berber and Suakin, but at the present time it ranges little further north in the Sudan than Kassala. The Leopard, commoner than the Lion, but warier and less often seen, is even more widely distributed; the Cheetah or Hunting Leopard (Cynælurus jubatus) less so. Among smaller felines are the Serval, Caracal and Libyan Cat (Felis serval, F. caracal and F. libyca).