Matthew Maran / Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) carrying a large dead Brown rat (Rattus norvegicus) in an urban garden, North London, UK. August.

Matthew Maran / Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) cub defending its kill,a large Brown rat (Rattus norvegicus) from another cub, North London, UK. August. Highly commended in the Behaviour : Mammals Category of the Wildlife Ph...

Jiri Lochman / Burrowing Bettong / Boodie (Bettongia lesueur) looking around at night. Dorre Island, Shark Bay, Western Australia.

Dave Bevan / Juvenile Brown rats (Rattus norvegicus) raiding a chicken nest in a barn, filmed at night using an infra red camera, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK, December.

Dave Bevan / Juvenile Brown rat (Rattus norvegicus) entering live trap and escaping, filmed at night using an infra red camera, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK, November.

Dave Bevan / Juvenile Brown rat (Rattus norvegicus) feeding on grain in a barn, filmed at night using infra red, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK, October.

Ingo Arndt / Fisheries Protection Vessel (Pharos) arrived at King Edward Point with King penguins on shoreline, South Georgia Heritage Trust Rat Eradication Project, South Georgia, February 2011

Wim van den Heever / African elephant (Loxodonta africana) grazing in an open field with a full moon rising near Baobab tree (Adansonia digitata). With tourists on safari under the tree. Savuti Marsh, Botswana, May 2014.

Jussi Murtosaari / Muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus) Espoo, Uusimaa, Finland, May. Introduced species.

Sam Hobson / Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis), colour-ringed juvenile in flight, carrying remains of brown rat. Berlin, Germany. July. Nominated in the Melvita Nature Images Awards competition 2014.

Will Burrard-Lucas / Big-headed mole rat (Tachyoryctes macrocephalus) appearing from its hole, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia. Taken with remote camera.

Laurent Geslin / Black rat (Rattus rattus) shadows in Karni Mata temple, Deshnoke, near Bikaner, Rajasthan, India