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. * 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". * * *