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Best known are the mammals, and best known of these are the famous Big Five: elephant, lion, rhino, leopard and buffalo. Not that the giraffe, hippo or whale are small ...
Dik-dik, Kruger National Park
Chameleon, Kruger National Park
Burchells Zebra, Shamwari Private Game Reserve, Eastern Cape
Leopard, Kruger National Park surrounds, Mpumalanga

Cheetah, Mala Mala Private Game Reserve, Mpumalanga
Black-backed jackal, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Northern Cape
Caracal kitten, KwaZulu-Natal
Baboon with baby: Kruger National Park

Gemsbok, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Northern Cape
Bushpig, KwaZulu-Natal
Cape buffalo, Kapama Game Reserve, Limpopo
Dolphins off the Wild Coast, Eastern Cape

Herd of Eland in the central Drakensberg, KwaZulu-Natal
Blue wildebeest, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Northern Cape
Elephant, Kruger National Park
Giraffe, Kruger National Park

Ground squirrels, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park
Hippo, Kruger National Park
Impala, Kruger National Park
Klipspringers, Kruger National Park

Humpback whale off Hermanus in the Western Cape
Four-week-old African wild dog pups at their den, Gowrie, Mpumalanga
Lion, Kruger National Park
Pangolin (scaly anteater), Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Northern Cape

Porcupine, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Northern Cape
Red hartebeest, Midmar Game Reserve, KwaZuilu-Natal
Reed frog, Greater St Lucia Wetland Park, KwaZuilu-Natal
White rhino, Kruger National Park

Sable antelope, North West
Samango monkey, KwaZulu-Natal
Serval, Limpopo
Springbok, Mala Mala Game Reserve

Gemsbok, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Northern Cape
Baboon in the Kruger National Park, Mpumalanga
Cheetahs, KwaZulu-Natal
Elephant, Kruger National Park

Giraffe, Hluhluwe Umfolozi Park, KwaZulu-Natal
Hippo, Kruger National Park
Gemsbok, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Northern Cape
Burchells zebras, Kruger National Park

Leopard: Kruger National Park
Gemsbok, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Northern Cape
Zebra, Kruger National Park
Elephants with young: Addo Elephant National Park

African Civet: Mpumalanga
Leopard: Kruger National Park
African Elephants: Kruger National Park
African Elephant: Kruger National Park

Caracal: Augrabies National Park
Tour bus and giraffes: Kruger National Park
Fighting Hippos: Mala Mala, Mpumalanga
Lions: Kruger National Park

Lion at night: Kruger National Park
Young baboon: Kruger National Park
Black Rhino: Lapalala Wilderness, Limpopo
Elephant bulls greeting: Sabi Sabi Private Game Reserve

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Gallery compiled by Colin Hossack and Mary Alexander