Shrews and Moles
Superorder: Laurasiatheria Order: Soricomorpha
The "shrew-forms" are insectivorous mammals. The shrews and soledons closely resemble mice while the moles are stout bodied burrowers.
- European Mole Talpa europaea
- Common Shrew Sorex araneus
- Pygmy Shrew S. minutus
- Water Shrew Neomys fodiens
- Greater White-toothed Shrew Crocidura russula – Likely introduced, Channel Islands only.
- Lesser White-toothed Shrew C. suaveolens – Likely introduced, Isles of Scilly and Channel Islands only.
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“The moles nested in my cellar, nibbling every third potato, and making a snug bed even there of some hair left after plastering and of brown paper; for even the wildest animals love comfort and warmth as well as man, and they survive the winter only because they are so careful to secure them.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)