Shrew Mole

A shrew mole or shrew-mole is a mole that resembles a shrew:

  • Four species in the subfamily Uropsilinae, or "shrew-like moles", native to China:
    • Anderson's shrew mole (Uropsilus andersoni)
    • Gracile shrew mole (Uropsilus gracilis)
    • Inquisitive shrew mole (Uropsilus investigator)
    • Chinese shrew mole (Uropsilus soricipes)
  • Two species in the tribe Urotrichini, or himizu, native to Japan:
    • Japanese shrew mole (Urotrichus talpoides)
    • True's shrew mole (Dymecodon pilirostris)
  • One species in the tribe Neutrichini, native to Pacific North America:
    • American shrew-mole (Neurotrichus gibbsii)

Famous quotes containing the word mole:

    “On her left breast
    A mole cinque-spotted, like the crimson drops
    I’ th’ bottom of a cowslip.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)