Karine Aigner / Portrait of a wild female Bobcat (Lynx rufus) kitten playing, Texas, USA. September.
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Andres M. Dominguez / Northern wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe) male, Arcos de la Frontera, southern Spain. April
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Andres M. Dominguez / European hare (Lepus europaeus), Danube Delta, Romania. July.
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Sven Zacek / Ural owl (Strix uralensis) female watching fledgling learning to climb and balance on branch. Owlet's first day out of nest. Tartumaa County, Southern Estonia. June.
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David Pattyn / Alpine marmot (Marmota marmota) carrying grass and other nesting material across snow to its nest while another one is on the lookout, Gran Paradiso National Park, Aosta Valley, Italy, April
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Paul Hobson / Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) cub looking at camera, in morning. Sheffield, England, UK. June.
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Sue Flood / Emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) walking with young chick at Snow Hill Island rookery, Antarctica. October.
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Klein & Hubert / Meerkat (Suricata suricatta) three one-month old pups playing on the burrow under a watchful adult 'babysitter', Kalahari Desert, Botswana.
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Klein & Hubert / Meerkat (Suricata suricatta) baby, age one month, looking up to 'babysitting' adult, Kalahari Desert, Botswana.
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Klein & Hubert / Meerkat (Suricata suricatta) 'babysitter' with three pups about one month old on the burrow, Kalahari Desert, Botswana.
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Klein & Hubert / Meerkat (Suricata suricatta) two 'babysitters' with three pups, age one month, playing on burrow, Kalahari Desert, Botswana.
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Klein & Hubert / Meerkat (Suricata suricatta) baby, age one month, on den with adult 'babysitter', Kalahari Desert, Botswana.
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Klein & Hubert / Meerkat (Suricata suricatta) three pups, age one month, on den with adult 'babysitter', Kalahari Desert, Botswana.
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Klein & Hubert / Meerkat (Suricata suricatta) alarmed group standing on hind legs watching jackal pass by, Kalahari, Botswana
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Klein & Hubert / Meerkat (Suricata suricatta) standing on burrow at sunset, Kalahari, Botswana
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Steve Downer / Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) feeding from a bowl in a garden, Birmingham, England, UK, April.
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Stephane Granzotto / Alpine marmot (Marmota marmota) standing alert outside burrow, takes fright and runs inside, Rhone-Alpes, France, July.
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Bruno D'Amicis / Wild Apennine wolf (Canis lupus italicus) in snowy landscape. Central Apennines, Abruzzo, Italy. February. Italian endemic subspecies.
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Ann & Steve Toon / Meerkats (Suricata suricatta), Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Northern Cape, South Africa, January.
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Ann & Steve Toon / Meerkats (Suricata suricatta) with young, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Northern Cape, South Africa, January.
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SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) male standing upright in alert pose,Cairngorms National Park, Highlands, Scotland, UK, May 2016.
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SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) male standing alert, Cairngorms National Park, Highlands, Scotland, UK, May.
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SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) with autumn colours, Cairngorms National Park, Highlands, Scotland, UK. October.
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SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) standing alert amongst heather, Cairngorms National Park, Highlands, Scotland, UK, March.
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SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) close-up portrait of red squirrel sniffing. Cairngorms National Park, Highlands, Scotland, UK, March.
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Edwin Giesbers / RF - European ground squirrel / Souslik (Spermophilus citellus) in grass with daisies, Gerasdorf, Austria. April. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)
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Klein & Hubert / Meerkat (Suricata suricatta) standing alert, Kalahari Desert, South Africa.
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Klein & Hubert / Meerkats (Suricata suricatta) on den, warming up before starting to forage, Kalahari Desert, South Africa.
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Klein & Hubert / Meerkat (Suricata suricatta) standing sentry on a dead tree in Kalahari Desert, South Africa
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Klein & Hubert / Meerkat (Suricata suricatta) standing sentry on a dead tree, Kalahari Desert, South Africa.
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Ann & Steve Toon / Arctic tern (Sterna paradisaea) with sandeel. Inner Farne, Northumberland, UK. July.
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Ann & Steve Toon / Yellow mongoose (Cynictis penicillata), Kgalagadi transfrontier park, South Africa, June
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Cyril Ruoso / Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) juvenile Burgundy, France.
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Eric Baccega / Female Grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) looking around and grooming, with four cubs playing nearby, Naknek Lake, Katmai National Park, Alaska, USA, July.
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Neil Aldridge / Steenbok (Raphicerus campestris) female standing framed by a fallen tree, Mapungubwe National Park, Limpopo Province, South Africa.
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Danny Green / Pine marten (Martes martes) portrait, Ardnamurchan Peninsula, Scotland, August. Highly commended in the Portrait category of the BWPA (British Wildlife Photography Awards) Competition 2016.
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Mark Taylor / Tricolour merle Collie puppy, Indie, age 10 weeks.
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Andy Trowbridge / Red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) standing on hind legs looking alert. Southern Norway. November.
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Bence Mate / Little bittern (Ixobrychus minutus) watching Great warbler (Acrocephalus arundinaceus) with prey, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Hungary.
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Solvin Zankl / Great capricorn beetle (Cerambyx cerdo) on Oak tree (Quercus sp) Niedersachsische Elbtalaue Biosphere Reserve, Lower Saxonian Elbe Valley, Germany, July.
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Wim van den Heever / Blue wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) herd silhouetted against the rising sun with clouds in the background. Greater Kruger National Park, South Africa
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Wim van den Heever / Leopard (Panthera pardus) cub looking up at birds (out of frame) with mother in background, Khwai River, Botswana. Highly commended in the Mammals category of the Asferico Photography Competition 201...
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Markus Varesvuo / Female Black grouse (Tetrao / Lyrurus tetrix) perched in tree covered in snow, Inari Kiilopaa, Finland, January.
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Pedro Narra / Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) with head raised above water surface, Bijagos Archipelago Biosphere Reserve, Guinea Bissau,