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

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

Chien Lee / Pallas' Long-tongued Bat (Glossophaga soricina) approaching Tea Mangrove (Pelliciera rhizophorae) flower at night, Utria National Park, Colombia

Chien Lee / Pallas' Long-tongued Bat (Glossophaga soricina) approaching Tea Mangrove (Pelliciera rhizophorae) flower at night, Utria National Park, Colombia

Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Pallas's cat (Otocolobus manul), Qinghai, China

Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Pallas's cat (Otocolobus manul) two sitting side by side, Tibetan Plateau, Qinghai, China

Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Pallas's cat (Otocolobus manul) Tibetan Plateau, Qinghai, China

Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Pallas's cat (Otocolobus manul) Tibetan Plateau, Qinghai, China

Lou Coetzer / Pintailed whydah (Vidua macroura) male displaying to female, Masai Mara, Kenya.

Konstantin Mikhailov / Pallas's sandgrouse (Syrrhaptes paradoxus) group of four flying against blue sky, Gobi Desert, Mongolia, August.

Jussi Murtosaari / Pallas Fritillary (Argynnis laodice) portrait of female head on, southern Finland, August.

Pete Oxford / Pallas' Sea eagle {Haliaeetus leucoryphus} Kaziranga NP, Assam, India