The Cacciatori d'Africa was a title given to Italian infantry and mounted infantry

Mounted infantry

Mounted infantry were soldiers who rode horses instead of marching, but actually fought on foot . The original dragoons were essentially mounted infantry...

 units raised for colonial service in Africa.

First raised in 1887, three battalions of infantry, plus a squadron of mounted Cacciatori, were sent to Eritrea

Eritrea

Eritrea , officially the State of Eritrea, is a country in the Horn of Africa. Eritrea derives it's name from the Greek word Erethria, meaning 'red land'. The capital is Asmara. It is bordered by Sudan in the west, Ethiopia in the south, and Djibouti in the southeast...

the same year to form part of the Corpo Speciale per L'Africa (Special Corps of Africa). Recruited in part from Italian settlers resident in these territories, the Cacciatori subsequently saw service in Somalia, Eritrea, Tripolitania and Cyrenaica. Partially mechanised in the early 1920s, the Cacciatori d'Africa remained part of the Regio Corpo Truppe Coloniali (Royal Corps of Colonial Troops) until 1942.