I was awakened this morning to the desperate howling of one of my cats. I assumed she was upset about the coyotes in the woods, but when I got up to make a phone call, I saw my other cat playing with something on the floor. Because we've been chopping wood, I thought it was a small piece of bark. But when it hit the kitchen floor, it was silent, so I figured I better check it out. Lo and behold it was a little critter! It looks like a teeny tiny mouse body, only with a shorter tail, and the face is almost microscopic with a long nose, almost like a mole or possum, teeny bits for eyes and teeny ears.
It's a dark gray/brownish color, measuring maybe 2 inches long (not including the tail.) Could this be a baby vole, or is it something else?
2007-02-12 06:23:13 · 11 answers · asked by fyrkrakyr 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Other - Home & Garden
This is a shrew-also known as a vole-I trap them professionally-they are a family member of the mole-in that they are insectivores-meaning they catch and eat live food-mostly earth worms-yes yours was probably a young one but they only get to be about 3-4 inches long
2007-02-12 07:58:41 · answer #1 · answered by Allen L 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Here's info/pic on a vole: (to me looks just like a mouse...)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vole
And a mole: (scroll down further for pic)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mole_%28animal%29
Probably a baby mole maybe? but I thought they lived underground??? Do a search on your state's wildlife page, should have all the critters common to your state listed somewhere on there.
2007-02-12 06:37:00 · answer #2 · answered by tikitiki 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like a vole or mole to me.
2007-02-12 06:27:45 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
possibly interior the sport you're enjoying that's called a fire significant. yet they call it a dwarf. Then it might desire to be an ogre or an troll. i'd say the closet mythical mythical creature is the Sasquatch or Yeti or vast Foot. the 2nd link could be a interest so you might boot.
2016-11-03 06:22:28 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a shrew. They are very hard to catch in mouse traps because of their small size.
2007-02-12 06:50:36 · answer #5 · answered by J P 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sound like a vole:)
2007-02-12 06:30:42 · answer #6 · answered by The Grand Inquisitor 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Think they're voles.
Garden pests mostly & do'nt come into house ,maybe the cat brought it in.
Cats will keep them away.
2007-02-12 06:37:34 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
sounds like a mole to me
2007-02-12 06:27:23 · answer #8 · answered by Pat B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would say it is a creature called a shrewd i had one in my house once and my wife told me it was called a shrewd.
2007-02-12 06:41:47 · answer #9 · answered by monte the man 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Shrew ? Vole ? Moles don't have eyes..
2007-02-12 06:35:12 · answer #10 · answered by MIGHTY MINNIE 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋