Little five game

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
• Rhino beetle

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 size to their progenitors, but each shares a part of its English name with one of the more well known "big five".

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  Elephant shrew
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  Buffalo weaver
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  Leopard tortoise
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  Antlion
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  Rhino beetle

Sources

• Africa's little five
• Little five: showing Africa's wildlife diversity