Mole-Shrew
MOLE-SHREW, any individual of the genera Urotrichus and Uropsilus (see INSECTIVORA). These animals, which are sometimes called shrew-moles, are not moles with shrew-like habits, but shrews with the burrowing habits of moles and resembling them in appearance.
Note - this article incorporates content from Encyclopaedia Britannica, Eleventh Edition, (1910-1911)
