Subspecies Gallery

Japanese macaque (Macaca fuscata yakui)

Japanese macaque (Macaca fuscata yakui), male being groomed by another. He shows the momoware feature, the hair parting in the centre. Yakushima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan

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Abingdon Island tortoise (Chelonoidis abingdoni)

Abingdon Island tortoise (Chelonoidis abingdoni). Lonesome George, last survivor of its species and icon for conservation efforts in the Galapagos Islands. He died on June 24, 2012 at an estimated age of 101 or 102 years old. Charles Darwin Research Station, Santa Cruz (Indefatigable) Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

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Yakushima deer (Cervus nippon yakushimae)

Yakushima deer (Cervus nippon yakushimae), stag and hind standing together, aware of something out of the frame. The stags of this subspecies have smaller antlers than the mainland Sika deer, with three prongs as shown here rather than five. Yakushima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan

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