Anup Shah / Female Bengal tigress yawning (Panthera tigris tigris) Ranthambhore National Park, Rajasthan, India

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Black Rhino (Diceros Bicornis) walking. Masai Mara, Kenya, September

Mark Carwardine / Yangtze river dolphin {Lipotes vexillifer} captive, Wuhan, China, crit endangered

Wild Wonders of Europe / Sá / Large male Mediterranean Monk seal (Monachus monachus) Deserta Grande, Desertas Islands, Madeira, Portugal, August 2009, Critically endangered species

Kevin Schafer / Marine otters (Lontra felina) fighting as prelude to mating, wild, Chiloe Island, Chile, Endangered species, March

Wild Wonders of Europe / Oxford / Wild Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus) male, Sierra de Andjar Natural Park, Mediterranean woodland of Sierra Morena, north east Jan Province, Andalusia, Spain, April 2009, Critically endangered

Eric Dragesco / Wild female Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia) standing camouflaged on rocky mountainside, at an altitude of 2500m, Altai mountains, Mongolia. July NB-This female probably has cubs: the fur around the teat...

Eric Dragesco / Wild Bactrian Camel (Camelus bactrianus) standing in desert landscape, Gobi National Park, Mongolia

Hermann Brehm / A young female Bengal Tiger (Panthera tigris) walking into water. Banghavgarh National Park, India, April.

Eric Dragesco / A male Markhor (Capra falconeri) traversing a steep cliff. Tajikistan, Central Asia, November.

Eric Dragesco / Wild male Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia) running down barren mountainside with snow covered patches, Altai mountains, Mongolia. February

Eric Dragesco / Wild female Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia) resting, camouflaged on rocky mountainside, at an altitude of 2500m, Altai mountains, Mongolia. July