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In the mixed areas of grassland and clover that were described above, the cotton rat (Sigmodon hispidus), the deer mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus), and the little short-tailed shrew (Cryptotis parva) were commonly caught in the runways of the prairie vole. Less frequently trapped were the common mole (Scalopus aquaticus), the large short-tailed shrew (Blarina brevicauda), the Cooper lemming mouse (Synaptomys cooperi), the pine mouse (Pitymys nemoralis), and the harvest mouse (Reithrodontomys megalotis). In the dense growth of Japanese honeysuckle, the prairie vole shared runways with the white-footed mouse (Peromyscus leucopus), the large short-tailed shrew, and the pine mouse.