The inability of this medium-sized mouse to handle extreme temperatures has kept them from spreading outside of urban habitat. The majority of what Alaskans term “mice” are red-backed voles.

Voles, moles, mice and shrews "I caught six yesterday," proclaimed Ms. Mouse Hater. She continued her tale, then, explaining that these rodents were so small they didn't trip the standard mousetraps.

The natural history of the pygmy shrew is poorly known for all parts of its range. Beaver; Big Brown Bat; American Black Bear; White-tailed Deer; Bobcat; ... , one white-footed mouse, one red-backed ...

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.

Both the Bank Vole and Greater White-tooted Shrew cause an 'invasional meltdown' making the Pygmy Shrew vanish, and native Field Mouse scarce. The Bank Vole and Greater White-toothed shrew help ...

He walks into the library and quietly says, “It’s not a mouse!” I walk over to look at the trap in his hand. This creature is plump, way bigger than a field mouse, has thick chocolate-colored fur and ...

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 … ...

The rock vole cuts plant leaves and other plant parts and carries then to cracks between rocks, or under rocks and logs before consuming them. Activity and Movement Rock voles are active throughout ...

There was also no sign of a tail mark, which the mouse's long tail can't help leave, nor can the shrew's tail, so I counted that out, too, even though I've seen a shrew or two in the backyard in ...

OCONOMOWOC - Children might not be the only ones frolicking on a popular all-inclusive Oconomowoc playground, and that has sent city officials on a mouse hunt. Or is it a shrew, the more outdoorsy ...

Common shrew. Photo: Paul Adams. Have you ever seen a vole in London? Would you even know if you had? Most Londoners probably wouldn't recognise a vole if they saw one, but London Wildlife Trust ...

The so-called “ice mouse” lived on the fringes of ancient Alaska. Likely guided by a keen sense of smell, it burrowed under leaf cover or underground for worms and insects. Above grew conifer trees, ...