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Gale Pearce wrote:

I just discovered I have mice or moles living in my waterfall mound. The
holes burrowed under the edges of rocks are ~ 1 1/2" in diameter. I set a
trap and caught a rodent with a 4 1/2" long X 1 1/2" diam body - it looks
like a mouse, but larger than any I have caught before - someone suggested
it's a mole

A mole is not a rodent, and has a real short tail. A "vole" is a lot
like a mouse and a lot of people can't tell the diff (me, for one),
and there's wild animals that are technically rats, depending on where
you live. I also know areas where hampsters have been released and
they have taken hold very nicely, thankyoutoomuch.

If it has rodent teeth, it'll gnaw.