Some animals, such as voles, shrews and mice, take advantage of unused mole tunnels. The tracks most gardeners see are “runway” tunnels the animals use for foraging.

Some animals, such as voles, shrews and mice, take advantage of unused mole tunnels. The tracks most gardeners see are “runway” tunnels the animals use for foraging.

Their coloring may be similar to mice with a brown base coat mixed with dark grey and black hairs. Voles are commonly mistaken for mice, moles, and shrews (PSU, 2007).

Voles are often called field mice too. Short-tailed shrew: The shrew is not a rodent like the mouse and the vole. The shrew is a hunter and the only poisonous animal in Michigan. Fortunately, his ...

Voles are also known as meadow mice, field mice and ground moles. 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.

Animaflora / GETTY IMAGES Slightly larger than moles, voles are 5 to 8 inches long and resemble field mice with short tails, compact heavy bodies, small eyes, and partially hidden ears, says Smith.

Slightly larger than moles, voles are 5 to 8 inches long and resemble field mice with short tails, compact heavy bodies, small eyes, and partially hidden ears, says Smith. The animals have ...

The front feet of voles are noticeably mouse-like rather than the powerful and large front feet of moles that are used for digging. Meadow voles construct nest cavities of dry grass 6-8 inches in ...

Their eyes are small and their ears are partially hidden. They usually are brown or gray, though many color variations exist. The adult vole ranges from 3.5 to 5 inches in body length (5-7 inches ...

However, the resemblance between these two creatures ends there. Voles are rodents, but moles are more closely related to shrews and hedgehogs, which aren't actually rodents.