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Vole or Shrew #4979473
03/25/15 03:03 PM
03/25/15 03:03 PM
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Coondog6 Offline OP
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Is this a vole or a shrew?





Last edited by Coondog6; 03/25/15 05:36 PM.

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Re: Vole or Shrew [Re: Coondog6] #4979503
03/25/15 03:26 PM
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Wheres the pic?

Re: Vole or Shrew [Re: Coondog6] #4979561
03/25/15 04:11 PM
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Shrews are smaller than mouse and voles are a little larger. ( I don't need no stinkin picture )

Re: Vole or Shrew [Re: Coondog6] #4979585
03/25/15 04:24 PM
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Scroll to the bottom of this page. Hope it helps.

http://rid-a-mole.com/molesvolesshrews.html

Re: Vole or Shrew [Re: Coondog6] #4979587
03/25/15 04:25 PM
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Just look at the teeth, voles are rodents and with have the yellow incisors characteristic of rodents. Shrews are not rodents and lack the large gnawing incisors and just have small pointed teeth for eating invertebrates and such. Definitely other differences, but this is one very clear distinction you can use.

Re: Vole or Shrew [Re: Coondog6] #4979666
03/25/15 05:22 PM
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Thanks for the stinkin pictures Mike. Good comparison. I always wanted a shirt or coat made from shrew skin but my bride was always a

little hesitant about sewing 14 or 15 thousand hides together.

Re: Vole or Shrew [Re: Coondog6] #4979834
03/25/15 07:25 PM
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Defiantly a shrew.

Re: Vole or Shrew [Re: Coondog6] #4988027
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Short-tailed shrew (Blarina brevicauda)

Re: Vole or Shrew [Re: Coondog6] #4988607
03/31/15 01:07 PM
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+1 on the coat idea. In addition to being very soft, shrew fur is waterproof. A swimming shrew floats higher than a cork bobber. Would make a great coat if only they weren't so small.


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