Little five game
Appearance
In Africa, the little five game animals are:
- Elephant shrew: a small, insect-eating mammal with a long nose. Elephant shrews are very common in Southern Africa but seldom seen.
- Buffalo weaver: the buffalo weaver is the easiest among the little five to find and observe.
- Leopard tortoise
- Antlion, which is the littlest of the little five.[1]
- Rhino beetle: A subfamily of large beetles in the scarab beetle family.
The term little five was brought to life after the marketing success of the big five for tourist safaris in Southern Africa. This prompted a call by nature conservationists for visitors to acknowledge the smaller, less noticed, but still enigmatic animals of the savanna (called bushveld in South Africa).
The "little five" species are a contrast in terms of sheer relative size to the animals which they share a part of their English name with the more well known "big five".
See also
References
- ^ "Africa's little five safari animals include the elephant shrew, ant lion, rhinoceros beetle, buffalo weaver and the leopard tortoise". Your African Safari. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
Sources
- "The Little Five: Africa's Smaller Safari Animals".
- "Africa's little five safari animals include the elephant shrew, ant lion, rhinoceros beetle, buffalo weaver and the leopard tortoise". Archived from the original on 13 August 2013.