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

Duncan Murrell / Common supple skink (Lankascincus fallax), Laxapana Waterfall, Maskeliya, Sri Lanka. Endemic.

David Pattyn / Long-tailed Glossy-Starling (Lamprotornis caudatus) perched, The Gambia, Africa, April 2016

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.

Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Long-tailed glossy starling (Lamprotornis caudatus) looking around, private collection, Ras Al Khaimah. Captive.

Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Long-tailed glossy starling (Lamprotornis caudatus) looking around, Private collection, Ras Al Khaimah, UAE. Captive.

Bernard Castelein / Long-tailed glossy starling (Lamprotornis caudatus) mobbing juvenile African harrier hawk (Polyboroides typus). Bansang, Gambia.