The nose of this small rodent is yellowish orange, and thus another common name, the yellow-nosed vole. The rest of the body is yellowish to grayish brown above and silvery gray below. The ears ...

A pygmy shrew kept in captivity provides some notion of the energy requirements of the species. It consumed parts of the bodies of 20 masked shrews, one white-footed mouse, one red-backed vole, one ...

The inability of this medium-sized mouse to handle extreme temperatures ... Red-backed voles are the most common of the five vole species found here. Voles are easily distinguishable from mice ...

They are not a mole, nor a mouse, nor a shrew. I don’t think I have ever seen a shrew, so I looked it up. Shrews use the tunnels that a vole or mole makes, and they are mouse-like. However ...

Signs of a vole in your yard are similar to a field mouse—eaten vegetation ... The northern short-tailed shrew (Blarina brevicauda) looks like a combination of a mole mixed with a mouse.

Analysis: The arrival of such invasive mammals as the Bank Vole and Greater White-toothed Shrew are having a major impact on Ireland's ecosystem The Field Mouse and Pygmy Shrews play ecologically ...

Think about this ... an ordinary fox can stalk a mole, mouse, vole or shrew from a distance of 25 feet, which means its food is making a barely audible rustling sound, hiding almost two car ...

Reports Lil Professor of Eau Claire, Wis.: “A few days ago, B.B. carried running comments about chipmunks, moles, voles and shrews. “My wife and I noted the questions and comments, but there ...

Despite the new species’ scientific name, the researchers say the animal more closely resembles a shrew or vole than a mouse. But what a consequential shrew-like creature it is: With its small size, ...

(Credit: Danny Balete) Photograph of the holotype of the newly discovered mouse. A shrew-like mouse species recently discovered in the mountains of the Philippines may play a vital role in the ...