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Hopefully, this article has helped you understand the difference between these three critters. The common shrew has tiny eyes, very small ears and a pointy face with a long nose. xref
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The short-tailed shrew most closely resembles yet another species, the meadow vole, but voles are tawny brown in summer, turn grayer in winter, have a blunt nose and a tail that ranges from 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 inches long. Let's take a look at the difference between moles and voles first. endstream
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And finally, a shrew has a pointed snout, but unlike the mole, a shrew’s front feet are not enlarged. 0000007346 00000 n
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The world's largest mole is the Russian desman, a mere 8 inches long, while the largest vole reaches just over 9 inches. and piles of leaf debris and vegetative waste. There are many types of moles, many types of voles, and many types of shrews. H�tWˎ���+��[W�G6An&L�Ȍ3��,h��9-�)�����E�2����n_4`Km�X�S��|�S�Nf�u����e,e��*M�$c ��S^qU���������uƮH����%X��V[z�*���~���%I��U��:�˸�����f?���OB���}�~���d�Ja���!^����*��d��#�Ï�L計�w�Q�� ��|�y\�3I�IR��|M�Vz*����^�
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A vole, also called a meadow mouse, has rounded ears and body and is reddish or brown and black in color with a gray underside. There are also baits available that mimic the look and smell of grubs or earthworms. It is dark brown above, grey or silver below, and has chestnut-coloured sides. I encourage you to dig deeper into our website to learn more. Looking for the other signs of vole activity such as plant damage and doing the Systematic Search/Apple Sign Test can help determine if these holes are from voles or a shrew. With prolific voles that live in colonies, trapping is less effective to eradicate the population. It is larger than the pygmy shrew, but its tail is only half the length of its body (pygmy shrew tails are two-thirds the length of their bodies). ••• Martin Trebbin/iStock/Getty Images