Re: Hyenas and Small-Medium Predators

[Raymond Ancog <rayancog@pacific.net.ph>]

Jaime A. Headden wrote:

>  Are you talking about monkey-eating eagles? South American,
>Phillipean, and an extinct form in Malagasy, which is about as close as
>the giant eagles get to Africa. A bigger one is the moa-eating eagle of
>New Zealand, but that is an entirely different bird -- it's an eagle,
>though. I do not belive there are _any_ African harpies.

The preferred common name for _Pithecophaga jefferyi_ ("Jeffer's
monkey-eater") is Philippine Eagle, because: it is native to the Philippine
archipelago (in four main islands to be exact); and monkeys actually
comprise less than half its diet. (Colugos or flying lemurs figure more.)
It is included in TIME magazine's latest list of endangered species.

Raymond Thaddeus C. Ancog
Mines and Geosciences Bureau
Philippines