Andy Rouse / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) running, Kenya (non-ex)

Andy Rouse / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) running, Kenya (non-ex)

Anup Shah / Cheetah cub and yawning mother (Acinonyx jubatus) Masai Mara, Kenya

Anup Shah / Cheetah mother carrying ten-day-old cub {Acinonyx jubatus} Masai Mara, Kenya

Anup Shah / Female Cheetah scans horizon for prey {Acinonyx jubatus} Masai Mara, Kenya

Ann & Steve Toon / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) walking, silhouetted at dusk. Zimanga private game reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

John Shaw / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) stretches on a downed tree. Zimbabwe. September.

Nick Hawkins / Steller's sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus) off the coast of the Great Bear Rainforest, near Bella Bella, British Columbia, Canada. August

Marion Vollborn/ BIA / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) cub, Castile-La Mancha, Spain

Marion Vollborn/ BIA / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) cub, native to Africa

Michael Quinton / Steller's Sea Lion (Eumetopias jubatus) with Pink Salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) prey, Alaska

Denis-Huot / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) female with cubs sitting in long grass during the dry season, Masai-Mara Game Reserve, Kenya. March.

Denis-Huot / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) resting with rainbow behind it, Masai-Mara Game Reserve, Kenya. September.

Denis-Huot / Two cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) in dry season, Masai-Mara Game Reserve, Kenya. February.

Ingo Arndt / Cheetah head portrait {Acinonyx jubatus} Namibia

Suzi Eszterhas / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) running, Cheetah Conservation Fund, Namibia

Neil Aldridge / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) standing in early morning light, Save Valley Conservancy, Zimbabwe, Vulnerable.

Neil Aldridge / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) staring back over its shoulder, black and white. Save Valley Conservancy, Zimbabwe, August.

Wim van den Heever / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) hunting Springbok (Antidorcas marsupialis) trying to trip up the prey, Kgalagadi, South Africa

Wim van den Heever / Two Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) chasing Springbok (Antidorcas marsupialis) Kgalagadi, South Africa

Wim van den Heever / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) hunting Springbok (Antidorcas marsupialis) Kgalagadi, South Africa

Richard Du Toit / Cape Buffalo (Syncerus caffer) herd chasing away Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus), Rietvlei Nature Reserve, South Africa

Ingo Arndt / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) male on termite mound, Masai Mara, Kenya

Ingo Arndt / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) male walking by Burchell's Zebra (Equus burchellii) herd, Masai Mara, Kenya

Anup Shah / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) male juvenile aged about 18 months approaching a kill, wide angle view. Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya.

Sean Crane / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) cub, Masai Mara, Kenya

Anup Shah / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) cub aged about one year running. Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya.

Anup Shah / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) one year old cub chasing Thomson's Gazelle (Eudorcas thomsonii) fawn, Masai Mara, Kenya. Sequence 4 of 5

Anup Shah / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) chasing Impala (Aepyceros melampus) female, Masai Mara, Kenya

Denis-Huot / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) female standing below dark storm clouds, Masai-Mara game reserve, Kenya.

Roland Seitre / King Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) morph pattern differs from regular Cheetah, in defensive posture, native to Africa

Eric Baccega / Male Steller sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus) with a group of females hauled out at a rookery, Prince Rupert, British Columbia, Canada, June.

Andy Rouse / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) cubs playing, Maasai Mara, Kenya, Africa

Andy Rouse / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) chasing gazelle, Maasai Mara, Kenya, Africa

Andy Rouse / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) chasing gazelle, Maasai Mara, Kenya, Africa

Andy Rouse / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) catching gazelle, Maasai Mara, Kenya, Africa

Andy Rouse / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) mother and cub playing, Maasai Mara, Kenya, Africa. Honoured in the African wildlife category

Andy Rouse / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) female hunting, Maasai Mara, Kenya, Africa

Andy Rouse / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) family walking female hunting, Maasai Mara, Kenya, Africa

Andy Rouse / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) cub looking around mother's legs Maasai Mara, Kenya, Africa

Andy Rouse / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) mother and cub grooming each other, Maasai Mara, Kenya, Africa

Andy Rouse / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) young playing in front of mother in the rain, Maasai Mara, Kenya, Africa

Roland Seitre / Kagus (Rhynochetos jubatus) standing on log, Parc Provincial de la Riviere Bleue / Blue River Provincial Park, Yate, South Province, New Caledonia. Endangered species

Roland Seitre / Kagu (Rhynochetos jubatus) with wings spread in defensive display to protect nest, captive, Parc zoologique et forestier / Zoological and Forest Park, Noumea, South Province, New Caledonia. Endangered...

Denis-Huot / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) cubs aged 6/7 weeks old playing, Masai-Mara Game Reserve, Kenya. Vulnerable species.

Denis-Huot / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) cubs 4 months, Masai-Mara Game Reserve, Kenya. Vulnerable species.

Denis-Huot / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) mother and cubs aged 2/3 months, Masai-Mara Game Reserve, Kenya. Vulnerable species.

Denis-Huot / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) cubs playing, Masai-Mara Game Reserve, Kenya. Vulnerable species.

Denis-Huot / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) cubs aged 2 months playing and climbing tree, Masai-Mara Game Reserve, Kenya. Vulnerable species.

Denis-Huot / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) juvenile chasing a zebra (Equus quagga) herd, Masai-Mara Game Reserve, Kenya. Vulnerable species.

Denis-Huot / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) hunting young warthog (Phacochoerus africanus) in turn being chased by warthog mother, Masai Mara, Kenya. Vulnerable species.

Denis-Huot / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) mother carrying its cub aged 4 to 5 weeks, Masai-Mara Game Reserve, Kenya. Vulnerable species.

Christophe Courteau / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) stalking scrubland, with Giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis) in the background. Kalahari Desert, Botswana

Christophe Courteau / Female Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) chasing Impala. Okavango Delta, Botswana, sequence 7/7

Andy Rouse / Young Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) learning how to hunt Thomson's gazelle fawn (Eudorcas thomsoni) Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

Andy Rouse / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) young siblings learning how to hunt Thomson's gazelle fawn (Eudorcas thomsoni) mother cheetah in background, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

Andy Rouse / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) young siblings learning how to hunt Thomson's gazelle fawn (Eudorcas thomsoni) Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

Andy Rouse / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) chasing Thomson's gazelle fawn (Eudorcas thomsoni) Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

Andy Rouse / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) young siblings learning how to hunt Thomson's gazelle fawn (Eudorcas thomsoni) Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

Andy Rouse / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) catching Thomson's gazelle fawn (Eudorcas thomsoni) Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) resting, Masai Mara, Kenya, December.

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) in motion. Masai Mara, Kenya, December.

Anup Shah / Cheetah female with cubs aged 1-3 months (Acinonyx jubatus) Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

Anup Shah / Cheetah female standing with her cubs aged 1-3 months (Acinonyx jubatus), Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

Anup Shah / Cheetah cub (Acinonyx jubatus) aged about 1 month, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

Anup Shah / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) chasing Topi (Damaliscus lunatus jimela) Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

Doug Perrine / Young Steller's / Steller / Northern Sealions (Eumetopias jubatus) curiously approaching the photographer. Glacier Island, Columbia Bay, Alaska, USA, July.

Doug Perrine / Young Steller's / Steller / Northern Sealions (Eumetopias jubatus) curiously approaching the photographer. Glacier Island, Columbia Bay, Alaska, USA, July.

Ann & Steve Toon / Cheetah (Aconinyx jubatus) female in scrub habitat, Samara private game reserve, Karoo, South Africa, January 2011

Brent Stephenson / Steller's Sea Lions (Eumetopias jubatus) resting on rocks above the tideline. Zodiac with tourists watching in the background. The Brothers, Alaska, United States, July.

Matthew Maran / Steller's Sealion (Eumetopias jubata) male splashing into water. Barkley Sound, Vancouver Island, Canada, September.

Matthew Maran / Steller's Sealion (Eumetopias jubata) stampede into the water. Clayoquot Sound, Vancouver Island, Canada, March.

Anup Shah / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) mother and cub feeding on the carcass of a Grant's Gazelle (Nanger granti) - wide angle perspective. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. March

Anup Shah / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) male chasing down a Topi (Damaliscus lunatus) Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. February

Anup Shah / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) juvenile head portrait, low angle, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. March

Anup Shah / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus).head portrait of juvenile peering curiously, wide angle perspective Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. March

Staffan Widstrand / Two Cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) touching noses in greeting display, Serengeti NP, Tanzania, East Africa, January

Charlie Summers / Cheetah cub (Acinonyx jubatus) on the back of juvenile Springbok (Antidorcas marsupialis) Kgalagadi Trans Border Park, South Africa

Charlie Summers / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) running at full speed chasing Springbok prey, Kalahari Desert, Southern Africa

Stephen Dalton / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) sitting on mound in savanna, Masai Mara GR, Kenya

Philip Dalton / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) female with cub lying in shade under her body, Masai Mara, Kenya

Nick Garbutt / Steller's sealions (Eumetopias jubatus) on off-shore rocks, near Princess Royal Island, great Bear Rainforest, British Columbia, Canada, September 2009

Anup Shah / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) mother watching over cub feeding on the carcass of a Grant's Gazelle (Gazella granti) Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, March

Andy Rouse / Juvenile Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) chasing young Thomson's gazelle (Gazella thomsoni) with mother behind, Masai Mara, Kenya (non-ex)

Andy Rouse / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) mother with young Thomson's gazelle (Gazella thomsoni) for young to chase and learn hunting skills, Masai Mara, Kenya (non-ex)

Andy Rouse / Two juvenile Cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) chasing a young Thomson's gazelle (Gazella thomsoni) Masai Mara, Kenya (non-ex)

Andy Rouse / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) cub in grass, Masai Mara, Kenya *Not available for print-on-demand until August 2015*

Andy Rouse / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) cub being affectionate to mother (non-ex)

Andy Rouse / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) cubs playing, Masai Mara, Kenya (non-ex)

Andy Rouse / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) running fast, Masai Mara, Kenya

Andy Rouse / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) cubs running, Masai Mara, Kenya (non-ex)

Andy Rouse / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) family in thunderstorm, shaking off water, Masai Mara, Kenya (non-ex)

Stephen Belcher / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) running, Namibia

Suzi Eszterhas / Cheetah {Acinonyx jubatus} beside termite mound, Namibia, Captive

Winfried Wisniewski / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) mother with five cubs on a termite mound, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

Suzi Eszterhas / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) chasing male Thomson's Gazelle (Eudorcas thomsonii), Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya