Little five game

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).

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: A subfamily of large beetles in the scarab beetle family.

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".

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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

• "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".

See also

• Impossible five