AFRICA’S AMAZING ANIMALSMeet The Big 5 - The Small 5

The Shy 5 – The Ugly 5

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The Big 5

African LionPanthera leo

Type: Mammal

Group Name: Pride

Diet: Carnivore

IUCN Status: Vulnerable

African ElephantLoxodonta africana

Type: Mammal

Group Name: Herd

Diet: Herbivore

IUCN Status: Vulnerable

African BuffaloSyncerus caffer

Type: Mammal

Group Name: Gang

Diet: Herbivore

The Big 5

LeopardPanthera pardus

Type: Mammal

Diet: Carnivore

IUCN Status: Vulnerable

RhinocerosWhite Rhino: Ceratotherium simum

IUCN Status: Near Threatened

Black Rhino:

Diceros bicornis

IUCN Status: Critically Endnagered

Type: Mammal

Group Name: Crash

Diet: Herbivore

The Small 5

Elephant ShrewMacroscelididae

Type: Mammal

Diet: Insectivore

Ant LionMyrmeleontidae

Type: Insect

Diet: Omnivore

Buffalo Weaver BirdDinemellia dinemelli

Type: Aves

Diet: Insectivore

The Small 5

Leopard Tortoise Stigmochelys pardalis

Type: Reptile

Diet: Herbivore

Rhinoceros BeetleDynastinae

Type: Insect

Diet: Herbivore

The Shy 5

AardvarkOrycteropus afer

Type: Mammal

Diet: Insectoivore

ArdwolfProteles cristata

Type: Mammal

Diet: Carnivore

Bat-eared FoxOtocyon megalotis

Type: Mammal

Diet: Carnivore

The Shy 5

MeerkatSuricata suricatta

Type: Mammal

Diet: Carnivore

PorcupineHystricomorph Hystricidae

Type: Mammal

Diet: Herbivore

The Ugly 5

HyenaHyaenidae

Type: Mammal

Diet: Carnivore

Marabou StorkLeptoptilos crumeniferus

Type: Aves

Diet: Carnivore

VultureNeophron percnopterus; Necrosyrtes monachus; Gyps africanus; Gyps reuppelli

Type: Aves

Diet: Carnivore

The Ugly 5

WarthogPhacochoerus africanus

Type: Mammal

Diet: Omnivore

WildebeestConnochaetes

Type: Mammal

Diet: Herbivore