Nandi bear

Nandi Bear
Sub grouping	Bear
Other name(s)	Chemosit, Kerit, Koddoelo, Ngoelo, Ngoloko, Duba
Country	Kenya

In east African folklore, the Nandi bear is a creature said to live in East Africa.^[1]^[2] It takes its name from the Nandi people who live in western Kenya, in the area the Nandi Bear is reported from. It is also known as Chemosit,^[1] Kerit, Koddoelo, Ngoloko, or Duba (which derives from the Arabic words dubb or d.abʕ / d.abuʕ for 'bear' and 'hyena' respectively^[3]).

The Samburu "Nkampit" appears also to be a version of this creature.

^ ^a ^b Huntingford, G. W. B. (1927). "Miscellaneous Records Relating to the Nandi and Kony Tribes". The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland. 57: 417–461. doi:10.2307/2843712. JSTOR 2843712.
^ Jacobs, Louis L. (2000). Quest for the African Dinosaurs: Ancient Roots of the Modern World. Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 250. ISBN 0-8018-6481-X
^ Hans Wehr (edited by J. Milton Cowan): A dictionary of modern written Arabic, ed. 3, Ithaca, N.Y., 1971, Spoken Language Services, Inc.

[Huntingford-1] Huntingford, G. W. B. (1927). "Miscellaneous Records Relating to the Nandi and Kony Tribes". The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland. 57: 417–461. doi:10.2307/2843712. JSTOR 2843712.

[Jacobs_2000-2] Jacobs, Louis L. (2000). Quest for the African Dinosaurs: Ancient Roots of the Modern World. Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 250. ISBN 0-8018-6481-X

[3] Hans Wehr (edited by J. Milton Cowan): A dictionary of modern written Arabic, ed. 3, Ithaca, N.Y., 1971, Spoken Language Services, Inc.

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