Mystery solved

It is perhaps a sign that I am becoming Africanised that I first tried to solve the mystery of the inzibyi by asking people. Not much progress there - people knew of it, some had even seen one, but no-one could identify it exactly.
Of course, even children (or perhaps especially children) in the UK would have looked at the internet first. Sure enough, there is more information than you could possibly imagine or want about Lutra maculicollis, the small spotted-necked otter or inzibyi. Numerous photos are available too. Strangely, however, the top hit in Google is now this blog wondering what an inzibyi is!
Among the articles is an academic study of the distribution of inzibyi in the lakes of Rwanda. It was carried out in 1990, a sign and reminder of what a different country this was before the genocide.