They have a short, furry tail, and their backs are covered with fur that ranges from dark gray to black. ... If you look carefully at short-tailed shrews, moles, and voles, they don't resemble mice, which have large, prominent eyes, big ears, and tails about as long as their bodies.

Do shrews have a long tail?

The long-tailed shrew has a slender body, long snout, small eyes and a long, thick tail. Its body averages to 2.75 inches in length, and its tail can be between 2.2 to 2.5 inches long. The long-tailed shrew is dark gray with slightly paler under parts.

What is the difference between a vole and a shrew?

Shrews do not create surface tunnels but may feed in runways or tunnels of other small mammals. Voles are rodents and are about the same size as moles (4 to 6 inches in body length) with relatively large black eyes, small ears, a blunt face, and prominent orange front teeth for gnawing.