Chien Lee / Rajah Spiny Rat (Maxomys rajah) albino individual, Bintulu, Sarawak, Malaysia

Mark Bowler / Yellow-crowned brush-tailed rat / Cono-cono {Isothrix bistriata} in tree hollow, Yavari River, Peruvian Amazon

Nick Gordon / Spiny rat (Proechimys steerei) in hollow log den where it returns to eat gathered food in safety, Amazonia, Brazil

Rod Williams / Egyptian spiny mouse {Acomys cahirinus} captive, from North Africa and SW Asia

Rod Williams / Casiragua (Spiny rat) {Proechimys guairae} captive, from Northern South America

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Egyptian spiny mice {Acomys cahirinus} Wadi Darbat, Oman

Rod Williams / Egyptian spiny mouse {Acomys cahirunus} captive

Claus Meyer / Punare (Trychomys aperoides) parent and young emerging from burrow, semi-arid region, Caatinga ecosystem, Brazil

Rod Williams / Arabian spiny mouse {Acomys cahirinus} from SW Asia

Nick Gordon / Spiny rat in hollow log den {Proechimys steerei} Amazonia, Brazil, South America returns to

Pete Oxford / Yellow-crowned Brush-tailed Rat (Isothrix bistriata) in tree trunk, Yasuni National Park, Amazon Rainforest, Ecuador