Other large mammals found in the ecoregion include hippopotamus ("Hippopotamus amphibius"), zebra ("Equus burchellii"), and their predators such as lion ("Panthera leo"), leopard ("P. pardus"), cheetah ("Acinonyx jubatus"), African wild dog ("Lycaon pictus"), side-striped jackal ("Canis adustus") and spotted hyaena ("Crocuta crocuta") as well as smaller carnivores such as African wild cat ("Felis lybica"), serval ("Leptailurus serval"), caracal ("Caracal caracal") and, appropriately the Angolan genet ("Genetta angolensis"). Before the Angolan Civil War in the 1970s the area was home to large populations of elephants and black rhinoceros but these have almost completely been removed, mainly by poachers.