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 ...

meadow voles are seldom numerous in the places where short- tailed shrews are common. Meadow voles construct surface runways and underground tunnels that may honeycomb an area. They build roughly ...

Sometimes confused for moles and voles, shrews are smaller, have a very pointed snout, brown or gray fur, and their ears are flattened against their head. "These small animals are not rodents ...