Joel Sartore Joel Sartore

National Geographic Photographer and Speaker

Keyword: rare

Photo: A rough-footed mud turtle (Kinosternon hirtipes murrayi) at the Conservation Department of the San Antonio Zoo.

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A rough-footed mud turtle (Kinosternon hirtipes murrayi) at the Conservation Department of the San Antonio Zoo.

Photo: A rough-footed mud turtle (Kinosternon hirtipes murrayi) at the Conservation Department of the San Antonio Zoo.

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A rough-footed mud turtle (Kinosternon hirtipes murrayi) at the Conservation Department of the San Antonio Zoo.

Photo: A rough-footed mud turtle (Kinosternon hirtipes murrayi) at the Conservation Department of the San Antonio Zoo.

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A rough-footed mud turtle (Kinosternon hirtipes murrayi) at the Conservation Department of the San Antonio Zoo.

Photo: A rough-footed mud turtle (Kinosternon hirtipes murrayi) at the Conservation Department of the San Antonio Zoo.

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A rough-footed mud turtle (Kinosternon hirtipes murrayi) at the Conservation Department of the San Antonio Zoo.

Photo: An emerald rasbora, Microrasbora erythromicron, from a private collection.

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An emerald rasbora, Microrasbora erythromicron, from a private collection.

Photo: A critically endangered Sulawesi cardinal shrimp (Caridina dennerli) from a private collection.

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A critically endangered Sulawesi cardinal shrimp (Caridina dennerli) from a private collection.

Photo: A critically endangered Sulawesi cardinal shrimp (Caridina dennerli) from a private collection.

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A critically endangered Sulawesi cardinal shrimp (Caridina dennerli) from a private collection.

A vulnerable reticulated giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis reticulata) with finer white lines in pattern, and an endangered Rothschild giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis rothschildi) at Rolling Hills Wildlife Adventure near Salina, Kansas.

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A vulnerable reticulated giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis reticulata) with finer white lines in pattern, and an endangered Rothschild giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis rothschildi) at Rolling Hills Wildlife Adventure near Salina, Kansas.

Photo: An endangered Bengal ornamental (Poecilotheria miranda) at the Moscow Zoo.

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An endangered Bengal ornamental (Poecilotheria miranda) at the Moscow Zoo.

Photo: An endangered salem ornamental (Poecilotheria formosa) at the Moscow Zoo.

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An endangered salem ornamental
(Poecilotheria formosa) at the Moscow Zoo.

Photo: Fairy shrimp (Branchinecta mediospinosa) wild caught near Cheyenne Bottoms, Kansas.

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Fairy shrimp (Branchinecta mediospinosa) wild caught near Cheyenne Bottoms, Kansas.

Photo: A female critically endangered fairy shrimp (Branchinecta mediospinosa) wild caught near Cheyenne Bottoms, Kansas releases her eggs.

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A female critically endangered fairy shrimp (Branchinecta mediospinosa) wild caught near Cheyenne Bottoms, Kansas releases her eggs.

Photo: An endangered Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus) at the Madrid Zoo. This is a male named Kalama, part of a breeding program for this rare cat species.

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An endangered Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus) at the Madrid Zoo. This is a male named Kalama, part of a breeding program for this rare cat species.

Photo: An endangered Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus) at the Madrid Zoo. This is a male named Kalama, part of a breeding program for this rare cat species.

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An endangered Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus) at the Madrid Zoo. This is a male named Kalama, part of a breeding program for this rare cat species.

Photo: An endangered Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus) at the Madrid Zoo. This is a male named Kalama, part of a breeding program for this rare cat species.

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An endangered Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus) at the Madrid Zoo. This is a male named Kalama, part of a breeding program for this rare cat species.

Photo: Bengal slow loris (Nycticebus bengalensis) at the Angkor Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity (ACCB) in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

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Bengal slow loris (Nycticebus bengalensis) at the Angkor Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity (ACCB) in Siem Reap, Cambodia. This species is listed as vulnerable. By ICUN.

Photo: Bengal slow loris (Nycticebus bengalensis) at the Angkor Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity (ACCB) in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

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Bengal slow loris (Nycticebus bengalensis) at the Angkor Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity (ACCB) in Siem Reap, Cambodia. This species is listed as vulnerable. By ICUN.

Photo: An endangered Annamese Langur (Trachypithecus margarita) at the Angkor Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity (ACCB) in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

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An endangered Annamese Langur (Trachypithecus margarita) at the Angkor Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity (ACCB) in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

Photo: An endangered Annamese Langur (Trachypithecus margarita) at the Angkor Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity (ACCB) in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

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An endangered Annamese Langur (Trachypithecus margarita) at the Angkor Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity (ACCB) in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

Photo: An endangered Annamese Langur (Trachypithecus margarita) at the Angkor Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity (ACCB) in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

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An endangered Annamese Langur (Trachypithecus margarita) at the Angkor Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity (ACCB) in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

Photo: An endangered Annamese Langur (Trachypithecus margarita) at the Angkor Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity (ACCB) in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

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An endangered Annamese Langur (Trachypithecus margarita) at the Angkor Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity (ACCB) in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

Photo: An endangered two-year old pileated Gibbon (Hylobates pileatus) at the Angkor Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity (ACCB) in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

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An endangered two-year old pileated Gibbon (Hylobates pileatus) at the Angkor Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity (ACCB) in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

Photo: An endangered two-year old pileated Gibbon (Hylobates pileatus) at the Angkor Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity (ACCB) in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

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An endangered two-year old pileated Gibbon (Hylobates pileatus) at the Angkor Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity (ACCB) in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

Photo: An endangered two-year old pileated Gibbon (Hylobates pileatus) at the Angkor Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity (ACCB) in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

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An endangered two-year old pileated Gibbon (Hylobates pileatus) at the Angkor Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity (ACCB) in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

Photo: An endangered two-year old pileated Gibbon (Hylobates pileatus) at the Angkor Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity (ACCB) in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

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An endangered two-year old pileated Gibbon (Hylobates pileatus) at the Angkor Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity (ACCB) in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

Photo: An endangered two-year old pileated Gibbon (Hylobates pileatus) at the Angkor Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity (ACCB) in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

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An endangered two-year old pileated Gibbon (Hylobates pileatus) at the Angkor Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity (ACCB) in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

Photo: A critically endangered fledgling White-Shouldered Ibis (Pseudibis davisoni) at the Angkor Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity (ACCB) in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

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A critically endangered fledgling White-Shouldered Ibis (Pseudibis davisoni) at the Angkor Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity (ACCB) in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

Photo: A critically endangered fledgling White-Shouldered Ibis (Pseudibis davisoni) at the Angkor Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity (ACCB) in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

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A critically endangered fledgling White-Shouldered Ibis (Pseudibis davisoni) at the Angkor Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity (ACCB) in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

Photo: Critically endangered Giant Ibis (Thaumatibis gigantea) at the Angkor Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity (ACCB) in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

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Critically endangered Giant Ibis (Thaumatibis gigantea) at the Angkor Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity (ACCB) in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

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