Pictures Dated 3rd December 2010

Giant Panda, Ailuropoda melanoleuca

Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) - feeding on bamboo, snowy focus, Wolong Research and Conservation Centre, Sichuan Szechwan Province, Central China Order Carnivora, Family Ursidae, bear, well known for its 'thumb', which is actually a modified wrist bone that enables the panda to dextrously grasp bamboo stalks, inhabits inhabit montane forests, mixed coniferous & broadleaf forests, herbivore, solitary, Classified as Endangered (EN) on the IUCN Red List 2006, and listed on Appendix I of CITES.

Red Crowned Crane, Grus japonensis

Red Crowned Crane (Grus japonensis) - in flight, Hokkaido Island also known as Japanese Crane, Order Gruiformes, Family Gruidae, 2nd rarest crane in world, non-migratory population here, large bird, omnivore, IUCN Red List: Endangered, flying, average wingspan 2.4m

Blakc, Blue, Card, Christmas, Feathers, Flight, Flying, Iucn Red List Endangered, Streamlined, White, Wing, Wings

Lynx, Lynx lynx

Lynx (Lynx lynx) - in the snow in the foothills of the Takshanuk mountains, northern southeast Alaska
Order Carnivora, Family Felidae, ;

Carnivore, Cat, Family Felidae, Feline, Hunter, Order Carnivora, Predator, Solitary Animal