FORAGING BEHAVIOR AND ECOLOGY OF THE CAPE PANGOLIN (MANIS-TEMMINCKII)IN NORTH-WESTERN ZIMBABWE

An ethogram was developed for the foraging Cape pangolin in order to c onstruct activity budgets. Behaviour was classified into seven categor ies and nine types of feeding sites were recorded. Activity budgets of animals foraging in different vegetation types are presented to illus trate the importance of vegetation on behaviour patterns and feeding s ite utilization. Availability of feeding sites may depend on the veget ation type with trees, shrubs and woody debris comprising most feeding sites. Seven prey species were recorded. One animal displayed strictl y diurnal activity which suggests greater variability in activity patt erns than previously thought.