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23-762: [REDACTED] Look up big five in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Big Five may refer to: Animals [ edit ] the Big Five , large African wild animals said to be most difficult to hunt: lion, leopard, rhinoceros, elephant and Cape buffalo Big Five animals of the Kaziranga National Park , Assam, India: Indian rhinoceros , Indian elephant , Bengal tiger , swamp deer and wild water buffalo Big Five animals of Alaska, United States: bears , moose , reindeer , Dall sheep and wolves

46-486: A 1972 album by Prince Buster Big Five , the national performing arts companies of Scotland The Five (composers) , also known as the Mighty Handful, group of 19th century Russian composers The Big Five (film studios) – The five major films studios: Universal Pictures, Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures, Walt Disney Pictures, Columbia Pictures Business [ edit ] Big Five (banks) ,

69-468: A cardboard heel cup instead of a plastic heel cup. The investigation started when long-distance runner Gary Tuttle reported the oddly poor quality of the name-brand shoes he had purchased at Big 5 stores. In 1997, Robert W. Miller and his son Steven G. Miller bought Big 5 back from Leonard Green & Partners, owners since 1992, by acquiring a majority take. By then, the company was making 400 millions in revenue with 202 stores in 9 states. In 2016,

92-608: A character encoding method for Traditional Chinese characters Big Five personality traits , a theoretical construct which describes human personality as organized along five dimensions or factors Big Five Weapons , five biological weapons developed by the United States Army The traditional five major extinction events during the Phanerozoic eon The big five subsystems of second order arithmetic in reverse mathematics Rule of big 5, an expansion of

115-497: Is considered by many to be the most dangerous of any of the Big Five: buffalos have reportedly been known to ambush and attack humans. The lion ( Panthera leo ) is a large, carnivorous feline found in both Africa and northwestern India . It has a short, tawny coat; a tufted tail; and, in the male, a heavy mane around the neck and shoulders. As a large and charismatic apex predator with cultural significance, lions are among

138-646: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Big five game In Africa , the Big five game animals are the lion , leopard , rhinoceros , elephant , and African buffalo . The term was coined by big-game hunters to refer to the five most difficult animals in Africa to hunt on foot, but is now more widely used by game viewing tourists and safari tour operators. They are examples of charismatic megafauna , featuring prominently in popular culture, and are among

161-466: The African forest elephant ( Loxodonta cyclotis ) are the largest extant land-based animals. Elephants are herbivores with thick, almost hairless skin; a long, flexible, prehensile trunk; upper incisors forming long, curved, ivory tusks; and large, fan-shaped ears. Elephants are difficult to hunt because, despite their large size, they are able to hide in thick bush and are more likely to charge than

184-828: The black rhinoceros is classified as critically endangered . Big 5 Sporting Goods Big 5 was founded in September 1955 by Maurie I. Liff, Harry A. Liff and Robert W. Miller. The name Big 5 is derived from the first five Army surplus stores that were opened in California. Sportswest and Sportsland were acquired in May 1988 from Pay 'n Save subsequently. In 1990, the company was fined $ 125,000 for selling discounted brand-name shoes that were actually poorly manufactured by those brands to be distributed only in Big 5 stores. For example, some New Balance models sold in Big 5 stores used

207-637: The rule of three in C++11 Other uses [ edit ] Five Families , a group of crime families in New York, United States Oceanic Big 5 , a project for cleaning up the oceans See also [ edit ] Big One (disambiguation) Big Two (disambiguation) Big Three (disambiguation) Big Four (disambiguation) Big Six (disambiguation) Big Seven (disambiguation) Big Eight (disambiguation) Big Ten (disambiguation) Big 12 Big 16 Topics referred to by

230-651: The Big Five fish UK consumers overwhelmingly eat: Atlantic cod , haddock , Atlantic salmon , tuna and prawns . Arts and entertainment [ edit ] Big Five (Eurovision) , the five main sponsoring countries of the Eurovision Song Contest: France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK Big Five Academy Awards , the five main award categories Big Five (orchestras) , the traditional top five orchestras of

253-752: The United States Big Five (Yu-Gi-Oh!) , a group of fictional characters in the Yu-Gi-Oh! universe The "Big Five" largest UK ITV companies: History of ITV § The Big Four and Big Five Big Five (publishers) in English-language book publishing: Hachette, Holtzbrinck Publishing Group/Macmillan, Penguin Random House, HarperCollins and Simon & Schuster Toho 's Big Five Kaiju : Godzilla , Mothra , King Ghidorah , Rodan and Mechagodzilla Big Five (album) ,

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276-440: The black rhinoceros is more highly prized. The current existing rhinos throughout the savanna are southern white rhinoceros , eastern black rhinoceros , south-western black rhinoceros and south-central black rhinoceros . The African buffalo ( Syncerus caffer ) is a large horned bovid . It is the only animal among the Big Five that is not on the "endangered" or "threatened" list. The Cape buffalo ( Syncerus caffer caffer )

299-439: The company posted net sales of $ 1.02 billion with 432 stores in 11 States. Big 5 stores are smaller than big-box competitors, with an average size of 11,000 square feet, giving it an access to smaller malls and towns. The store sell name-brand products and Big 5 products. Big 5 stores sell firearms, but face ever-stricter local regulations regarding the secure sale of firearms. This United States retail business article

322-521: The face of danger. Leopards can be located in the grasslands, dense brushes, deserts, and forested areas of African savannas. Africa's Big Five have become major concerns for wildlife conservationists in recent years. The African lion and African leopard are both classified as vulnerable . The African savanna elephant is listed as endangered by the IUCN as of 2021. The southern white rhinoceros and African buffalo are classified as near threatened while

345-601: The five largest banks in Canada Big Five (Hawaii) , an oligarchy of five corporations that ruled over Hawaii Big Five (technology companies) , a name given to Big Tech companies in the 2010s ( Alphabet (Google), Amazon , Apple , Meta (Facebook), and Microsoft ) Big Five auditors , a group of accounting firms that have since been reduced to the Big Four Big Five auto shows : Detroit, Frankfurt, Geneva, Paris, Tokyo Big Five law firms ,

368-474: The five largest law firms of South Africa Big Five Software , 1980s game developer Big 5 Sporting Goods , a publicly traded (NASDAQ) sporting goods company The Big 5 , the largest construction event in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia Government and politics [ edit ] Big Five (California politics) , an informal institution of California's government Big Five (Germany) ,

391-419: The five leading powers of the preceding League of Nations (United States, United Kingdom, France, Italy, Japan) Sports [ edit ] Big Five (Argentine football) , the leading teams of Argentine football Big Five (association football) , the leading European markets in association football "Big Five" or Power Five conferences , a group of U.S. college sports conferences that are larger than

414-743: The five major metropolitan regions in Germany Big Five (Scotland Yard) , a group of five senior Metropolitan Police detectives called upon to conduct investigations throughout Britain Big Five of Bayview , a group of political activists in the Bayview-Hunters Point neighborhood of San Francisco A colloquial name to refer to the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council (United States, United Kingdom, France, China, Russia), or

437-580: The most famous of Africa's large animals. The 1990 and later releases of South African rand banknotes feature a different big-five animal on each denomination. Countries where all can be found include Angola , Botswana , Eswatini , Kenya , Malawi , Mozambique , Namibia , Rwanda , South Africa , Tanzania , Uganda , the Democratic Republic of the Congo , Zambia and Zimbabwe . The African bush elephant ( Loxodonta africana ) and

460-422: The most popular species to view on safari tours. The leopard ( Panthera pardus ) is a large, carnivorous feline. Its fur is generally tawny with dark rosette-shaped markings. The leopard is the most seldom seen of the Big Five because of its nocturnal habits (it is most active between sunset and sunrise, although it may hunt during the day in some areas), and because it is wary of humans and will take flight in

483-542: The other " Group of Five conferences " Big Five Conference , a name used by the Athletic Association of Western Universities, now known as the Pac-12 Conference, from 1959 to 1962 Philadelphia Big 5 , an association of college athletic programs in and near Philadelphia, mostly referencing the men's basketball programs of said schools Science and technology [ edit ] Big5 ,

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506-420: The other Big Five species. They become aggressive when their young are threatened. The black rhinoceros ( Diceros bicornis ) and the white rhinoceros ( Ceratotherium simum ) are large herbivores with two upright horns on their nasal bridge. The black rhino is classified as critically endangered and the white rhino as near threatened , and both are subject to extensive poaching. Among big-five game hunters,

529-413: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Big Five . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Big_Five&oldid=1212147409 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

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