Edwin Giesbers / Jaguar (Panthera onca) portrait, Costa Rica, Captive

Denis-Huot / African lion (Panthera leo) male shaking water off mane after rain, Masai-Mara Game Reserve, Kenya. September.

Ben Cranke / Jaguar (Panthera onca) drinking from the river's edge, Mato Grosso, Pantanal, Brazil. August.

Ann & Steve Toon / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) juvenile portrait, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Northern Cape, South Africa, January 2014

Edwin Giesbers / Jaguar (Panthera onca) close-up head portrait, captive

Anup Shah / Lion (Panthera leo) male feeding on kill. Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya.

Anup Shah / African Lionesses (Panthera leo) with their cubs aged 3-6 months walking along a track, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. February

Anup Shah / Juvenile Cheetah {Acinonyx jubatus} chokes young Warthog by gripping its windpipe. Masai Mara GR, Kenya

Andy Rouse / Bengal Tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) female Ranthambore NP, India

Denis-Huot / Lion (Panthera leo) female jumping / hunting, Masai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya

Andy Rouse / Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) old female 'Machali' drinking, Ranthambhore National Park, India.

Ben Osborne / African lion (Panthera leo) male portrait, Savuti, Botswana. Taken on location for BBC Planet Earth series, 2005