March 5, 2026
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Last week, the Monday Mystery featured a little gray critter. One reader said it was a mole, and I concurred.
Now another reader has challenged that answer, and I think she's right.
So, what is it? (My apologies for lacking a quarter to put next to it for scale.)
Thanks, agree that the visible ears and small front paws favor shrew.
I’m w/ Julie . . .I think it’s a shrew.
does look like a high breed of mole
perhaps a northern short-tailed shrew?
5 comments
Diane
Thanks, agree that the visible ears and small front paws favor shrew.
Danny
https://extension.psu.edu/identifying-moles-voles-and-shrews#:~:text=Shrews%20are%20much%20smaller%20than,tunnels%20of%20other%20small%20mammals.
COOx2
I’m w/ Julie . . .I think it’s a shrew.
kevin rai
does look like a high breed of mole
julie
perhaps a northern short-tailed shrew?