help identifying small mammal

[fluffy]

We live next to a river and a drain (both within yards) in a large town and our cats keep bringing us presents. Can anyone please tyell us what the unfortunate little fella is in the photo

Thanks

[Lance Morgan]

looks like a bank vole poor thing

[Lance Morgan]

looks like a bank vole poor thing

[fluffy]

I should have said the size the body is about 2 inches long and the tail a bit over an inch.
We aslo occasionaly het some that have distinctive front teeth and are 4 to 5 inchs long in the body with a tail of similar size. unfortunately I do not have a photo of them at this time. I would rathe photo them alive than dead though

[vole-woman]

Bank voles are very common and their populations can sustain cat predation. But if you have water voles nearby, could you maybe try some measures to curb your pet? Only w-vs are so endangered it would be really sad to lose any more. Keeping cats in from evening till next day helps, as does putting a bell on the collar. (Sorry if you already know/do this, it's only a suggestion.)

[shirl]

Originally Posted by fluffy

I should have said the size the body is about 2 inches long and the tail a bit over an inch.
We aslo occasionaly het some that have distinctive front teeth and are 4 to 5 inchs long in the body with a tail of similar size. unfortunately I do not have a photo of them at this time. I would rathe photo them alive than dead though

When you say distinctive - in what way? Water voles do have very distinctive front teeth, they are an orange colour see pic you can just about see the teeth in this shot.



Shirl

[Dogghound]

Its a field vole, tail to short for a bank vole. The others at 4-5 inches long sound like water voles. But could potentially be large bank or field voles.

[redsquirrel]

i think its a field vole aswell because of length of tail