Christophe Courteau / Red lechwe pair running & jumping in swamp {Kobus leche}. Khwai river, Moremi GR, Botswana

Dave Watts / Eastern grey kangaroo (Macropus giganteus) bounding, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, September

Dave Watts / Red kangaroo male bounding towards camera. {Macropus rufus) NSW, Australia. The kangaroo is the animal long jump champion , able to clear 13m (the length of a bus) from a standing start. the human rec...

Charlie Summers / White-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys leucurus) bounding through dew covered prairie grass, North Park, Colorado, USA.

Nick Garbutt / Wild snow leopard (Panthera uncia) bounding down steep rock face in pursuit of prey. Ladakh Range, Western Himalayas, Ladakh, India.

Charlie Summers / Yellow Baboon (Papio cynocephalus) bounding across a shallow part of the Ruaha River to avoid Crocodiles, Ruaha National Park, Tanzania.

Andrew Parkinson / Brown hare (Lepus europaeus) adult bounding across a snow covered field in front of a nearby sheep. Derbyshire, UK, January.

Andy Rouse / Verreaux Sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi) bounding across the ground or 'dancing', Madagascar

Christophe Courteau / Red lechwe pair running & jumping in swamp {Kobus leche}. Khwai river, Moremi GR, Botswana

Christophe Courteau / Red lechwe pair running & jumping in swamp {Kobus leche}. Khwai river, Moremi GR, Botswana

Oriol Alamany / Springhare (Pedetes capensis) bounding away in spotlight at night, Kruger National Park, Transvaal, South Africa, September.

LYNN M. STONE / Reddish Egret (Egretta rufescens) in breeding plumage, using characteristic open wings and bounding foraging gait at the edge of red mangrove. Pinellas County, Florida, USA, March.