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 ...
Voles and moles are very similar animals ... They're also a member of the shrew family, not the rodent genus. Keep in mind that since moles are fairly subterranean, you’ll rarely see them ...
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. Shrews use the tunnels ...