<p>A mountain goat (<a href="http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/mountain-goat/"><i>Oreamnos americanus</i></a>) leaps through snow at Glacier National Park in the Rocky Mountains of Montana.</p>

Snowy Goat

A mountain goat (Oreamnos americanus) leaps through snow at Glacier National Park in the Rocky Mountains of Montana.

Photograph by Sumio Harada, National Geographic

13 Jumping Animals, Just in Time for Leap Year

Goats, squirrels, and frogs fly through the air in these adorable pictures.

Monday, February 29, is a leap day, and these animals are already prepared.

Get ready for the upcoming calendar oddity with amazing photos of creatures as they vault, jump, hurdle, and bound. (Read “The Surprising History Behind Leap Year.“)

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