Jabruson / Long-tailed Pangolin (Uromanis tetradactyla) unfurling itself from protective posture, Lokoue Bai. Odzala-Kokoua National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo.

Mark Bowler,Mark Bowler / Siberian musk deer (Moschus moschiferus) male with tusks grooming, captive, Midlothian deer enclosure, UK, vulnerable species

Mary McDonald / Gerenuk (Litocranius walleri) female standing on hind legs and feeding from a high branch, Samburu Game Reserve, Kenya. October.

Edwin Giesbers / Close-up of the front paws of a European Lynx (Lynx lynx) showing the large gap between toes that allows it to move easily in heavy snow, captive, Norway, February.

Fred Bavendam / Ambon Shrimp (Periclimenes amboinensis) lives only on crinoids and adapts its coloration to match that of its host, Great Barrier Reef, Australia