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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 ...

South Africa's wildlife

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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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