XI ZHINONG / Yunnan snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus bieti) sitting in tree, Baima Snow Mountain, Yunnan, China, November

XI ZHINONG / Young Yunnan snub-nosed monkeys (Rhinopithecus bieti) in tree, Mangkang, Tibet, China, May

XI ZHINONG / Phayre's leaf monkey (Trachypithecus phayrei), wild animal in tree, Endangered species, Gaoligong Mountains of Yunnan Province, China.

XI ZHINONG / Wild yak (Bos mutus) running, Kekexili, Qinghai, Tibetan plateau, China, December

XI ZHINONG / Tibetan antelope (Pantholops hodgsonii) herd in the early morning with a low moon, Kekexili, Qinghai, Tibetan plateau, China, January

XI ZHINONG / Grey wolf (Canis lupus) chasing a wounded tibetan wild ass (Equus kiang) Kekexili, Qinghai, China, December.

XI ZHINONG / Grey Wolves (Canis lupus) hunting a wounded Tibetan wild ass (Equus kiang) Kekexili, Qinghai, China, December.

XI ZHINONG / Wild yak (Bos mutus) herd walking across snowy grassland, Qinghai, Tibetan plateau, China, November

XI ZHINONG / Tibetan antelope (Pantholops hodgsonii) males on snowy ground, Kekexili, Qinghai, Tibetan Plateau, China, November

XI ZHINONG / Tibetan antelope (Pantholops hodgsonii) male, Kekexili, Qinghai, Tibetan Plateau, China, November

XI ZHINONG / Wild yak (Bos mutus) charging and kicking up dust, Kekexili, Qinghai, China, November.

XI ZHINONG / Tonkin snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus avunculus) in tree, Vietnam. Critically endangered species.

Xi Zhinong / Siberian tiger portrait {Panthera tigris altaica} captive, Heilongjiang, China

Xi Zhinong / Blood pheasant {Ithaginis cruentus} Qinling Mt, Shaanxi province, China

Xi Zhinong / Tibetan village on side of mountain Yunnan, China

Xi Zhinong / Meili snow mountain in cloud Yunnan, China

Xi Zhinong / Yunan snub nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus bieti) Yunnan, China. Captive

Xi Zhinong / Weasel (Mustela nivalis). ShiQu county, Sichuan, China

Xi Zhinong / Tibetan landscape with Tibetan ass. Ali, Tibet, China

Xi Zhinong / Yunnan snub nosed monkey female with baby, {Rhinopithecus bieti} Yunnan, China

Xi Zhinong / Tibetan antelope {Pantholops hodgsonii} Sijin, Xinjiang, China July 1998. Endangered species - hunted for fur used to make the finest pashmina shawls.

Xi Zhinong / Yunnan snub nosed monkey in tree, Yunan, China {Rhinopithecus bieti} Sub species of Chinese snub-nosed monkey, now considered a separate species. Endangered

Xi Zhinong / Yunnan snub nosed monkey in tree Yunan, China {Rhinopithecus bieti} Sub-species of Chinese snub-nosed monkey, now considered a separate species. Endangered

Xi Zhinong / Yunnan snub nosed monkey {Rhinopithecus bieti} Yunnan, China Sub species of Chinese snub-nosed monkey , now considered a separate species. Endangered

Xi Zhinong / Tibetan antelope herd grazing in distance beside lake {Pantholops hodgsonii} Qinghai, China, Kekexili Nature Reserve

Xi Zhinong / Asiatic wild ass herd {Equus hemionus} Arjinshan Nature Reserve Xinjiang province, China

Xi Zhinong / Takin female in rain {Budorcas taxicolor} Mt Qinling, Shaanxi, China

Xi Zhinong / Takin family group on hillside {Budorcas taxicolor} Mt Qinling, Shaanxi, China

Xi Zhinong / Takin male {Budorcas taxicolor} Mt Qinling, Shaanxi, China

Xi Zhinong / Takin male portrait {Budorcas taxicolor} Mt Qinling, Shaanxi, China

Xi Zhinong / Tibetan antelope baby (Pantholops hodgsonii) Arjin, Xinjiang, China. June 1998. Endangered species - hunted for fur/shatoosh which make finest pashmina shawls

Xi Zhinong / Tibetan girl Ali, Tibet, China.

Xi Zhinong / Yunnan snub nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus bieti) Yunnan, China. Captive

XI ZHINONG / Gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua) porpoising through water, Antarctica.

XI ZHINONG / Gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua) swimming / porpoising near ice floe, Antarctica.

XI ZHINONG / Gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua) swimming near ice floe, Antarctica.

XI ZHINONG / Gentoo penguins (Pygoscelis papua) 'arguing' Antarctica, November.

XI ZHINONG / Blue eared pheasant (Crossoptilon auritum) Mianyang, Sichuan Province, China, November.

XI ZHINONG / Blood pheasant (Ithaginis cruentus) Minsham, Sichuan Province, China, July.

XI ZHINONG / Gentoo penguins (Pygoscelis papua) in muddy snow, Port Lockroy, Goudier Island, Antarctic , Antarctica.

XI ZHINONG / Matural archway and icy landscape, Antarctica, November 2012.

XI ZHINONG / Sun shining over coastal landscape, Antarctica, November 2012.

XI ZHINONG / Gentoo penguins (Pygoscelis papua) swimming at surface, Antarctica.

XI ZHINONG / Gentoo penguins (Pygoscelis papua) swimming at surface, Antarctica.

XI ZHINONG / Gentoo penguins (Pygoscelis papua) swimming, Antarctica.

XI ZHINONG / Purple swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio) in flight, China, March.

XI ZHINONG / Przewalski's parrotbill (Paradoxornis przewalskii) Tangiahe, Sichuan, China, July.

XI ZHINONG / Oriental Pied Hornbill (Anthracoceros albirostris) south west China, February.

XI ZHINONG / Lady Amherst's Pheasant (Chrysolophus amherstiae) female, south west China, May.

XI ZHINONG / Lady Amherst's Pheasant (Chrysolophus amherstiae) male, south west China, May.

XI ZHINONG / Chinese monal (Lophophorus lhuysii) south west China, May.

XI ZHINONG / Chinese goral (Naemorhedus griseus) south west China, May.

XI ZHINONG / Chinese goral (Naemorhedus griseus) in habitat, south west China, June.

XI ZHINONG / Deforested hillside, Baima Snow Mountain Nature Reserve, Deqin County, Yunnan, November 2006.

XI ZHINONG / Three male Golden Pheasants (Chrysolophus pictus) displaying to female, Foping, Shaanxi, China, April.

XI ZHINONG / Eastern hoolock gibbon (Hoolock leuconedys) Gaoligongshan Nature Reserve, Yunnan, China, April.

XI ZHINONG / Eastern hoolock gibbon (Hoolock leuconedys) in tree, Yunnan, China, May.

XI ZHINONG / West Yunnan black-crested gibbon (Nomascus concolor furvogaster) climbing, Yunnan, China, February.

XI ZHINONG / West Yunnan black-crested gibbon (Nomascus concolor furvogaster) climbing, Yunnan, China, February.

XI ZHINONG / Baima Snow Mountain Nature reserve, home of Yunnan snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus bieti)Yunnan, China, Novemeber

XI ZHINONG / Old Man's beard lichen (Usnea longissima) food of Yunnan snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus bieti), Baimaxueshan Nature reserve, Yunnan, China, November

XI ZHINONG / Yunnan snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus bieti) in tree, Baima Snow Mountain, Yunnan, China, November

XI ZHINONG / Yunnan snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus bieti) in tree, Baima Snow Mountain, Yunnan, China, November

XI ZHINONG / Yunnan snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus bieti) feeding in tree, Baima Snow Mountain, Yunnan, China, November

XI ZHINONG / Yunnan snub-nosed monkeys (Rhinopithecus bieti) sitting in tree, Baima Snow Mountain, Yunnan, China, November

XI ZHINONG / Yunnan snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus bieti) eating leaf in tree, Baima Snow Mountain, Yunnan, China, November

XI ZHINONG / Yunnan snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus bieti) in trees in autumn, Baima Snow Mountain, Yunnan, China, November

XI ZHINONG / Yunnan snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus bieti) in tree, Baima Snow Mountain, Yunnan, China, November

XI ZHINONG / Yunnan snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus bieti) Baima Snow Mountain, Yunnan, China, November

XI ZHINONG / Yunnan snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus bieti) in tree in autumn, Baima Snow Mountain, Yunnan, China, November

XI ZHINONG / Yunnan snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus bieti) in tree in autumn, Baima Snow Mountain, Yunnan, China, November

XI ZHINONG / Yunnan snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus bieti) sitting in tree in autumn, Baima Snow Mountain, Yunnan, China, November

XI ZHINONG / Yunnan snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus bieti) climbing through tree in autumn, Baima Snow Mountain, Yunnan, China, November

XI ZHINONG / Yunnan snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus bieti) in tree, Baima Snow Mountain, Yunnan, China, November

XI ZHINONG / Yunnan snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus bieti) in tree, Baima Snow Mountain, Yunnan, China, November

XI ZHINONG / Young Yunnan snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus bieti) climbing tree, Baima Snow Mountain, Yunnan, China, November

XI ZHINONG / Yunnan snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus bieti) climbing tree, Baima Snow Mountain, Yunnan, China, November

XI ZHINONG / Young Yunnan snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus bieti) climbing tree. Baima Snow Mountain, Yunnan, China, November

XI ZHINONG / Young Yunnan snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus bieti) in tree, Baima Snow Mountain, Yunnan, China, November

XI ZHINONG / Yunnan snub-nosed monkeys (Rhinopithecus bieti) in tree, Baima Snow Mountain, Yunnan, China, November

XI ZHINONG / Yunnan snub-nosed monkeys (Rhinopithecus bieti) in tree, Baima Snow Mountain, Yunnan, China, November

XI ZHINONG / Snow covered mountain, Mangkang, Tibet, China, May 2006

XI ZHINONG / Yunnan snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus bieti) climbing tree with baby, Mangkang, Tibet, China, May

XI ZHINONG / Yunnan snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus bieti) leaping from tree to tree, Mangkang, Tibet, China, May

XI ZHINONG / Yunnan snub-nosed monkeys (Rhinopithecus bieti) in tree, Mangkang, Tibet, China, May

XI ZHINONG / Yunnan snub-nosed monkeys (Rhinopithecus bieti) in tree, Mangkang, Tibet, China, May

XI ZHINONG / Yunnan snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus bieti) climbing tree, Mangkang, Tibet, China, May

XI ZHINONG / Yunnan snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus bieti) in tree with baby, Mangkang, Tibet, China, May

XI ZHINONG / Yunnan snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus bieti) baring teeth, with baby in tree, Mangkang, Tibet, China, May

XI ZHINONG / Young Yunnan snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus bieti), Mangkang, Tibet, China, May

XI ZHINONG / Yunnan snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus bieti) in tree, Mangkang, Tibet, China, May

XI ZHINONG / Yunnan snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus bieti) in tree, Mangkang, Tibet, China, May

XI ZHINONG / Yunnan snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus bieti) in tree, Mangkang, Tibet, China, May

XI ZHINONG / Yunnan snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus bieti) sitting in tree, Mangkang, Tibet, China, May

XI ZHINONG / Snow covered mountains, Mangkang, Tibet, China, May 2006

XI ZHINONG / Faeces of Yunnan snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus bieti), Mangkang, Tibet, China, May