Jami Tarris / Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) huntress, Altai Mountains, Bayan Ulgii, Mongolia

Jami Tarris / Caribou (Rangifer tarandus) entering teepee for food, Khovsgol, Mongolia

Cyril Ruoso / Przewalski's Horse (Equus ferus przewalskii) herd, Gobi Desert, Mongolia

Cyril Ruoso / Przewalski's Horse (Equus ferus przewalskii) herd, Gobi Desert, Mongolia

Hermann Brehm / Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia) climbing steep rock face, Mongolia

Valeriy Maleev / Pallas's cat kitten (Otocolobus manul) Sukhe-Batar Aimag, South Gobi Desert, Mongolia. June.

Valeriy Maleev / Snow leopard (Uncia uncia) walking, Altai Mountains, Mongolia. March.

Valeriy Maleev / Snow leopard (Uncia uncia) Altai Mountains, Mongolia. March.

Valeriy Maleev / Pallas's cat (Otocolobus manul) walking in snow, Gobi Desert, Mongolia. December.

Valeriy Maleev / Long-eared jerboa (Euchoreutes naso) digging, South Gobi Desert, Mongolia. June. Did you know that the Long-eared jerboa is the mammal with the largest ears in proportion to its body size?

Eric Dragesco / Wild Snow leopard (Uncia uncia) feeding on a kill hidden behind a rock, with a Eurasian magpie (Pica pica) in the foreground, Altai Mountains, Mongolia, February.

Eric Dragesco / Wild Snow leopard (Uncia uncia) climbing among rocks on a mountainside, Altai Mountains, Mongolia, August.