A large brown rat Rattus norvegicus on a footpath in a public park scavenging for food scraps

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Size: 4236px × 3087px
Location: Crow Nest Park, Dewsbury, Yorkshire
Photo credit: © Richard Tadman / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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