mole shrew
/ˈməʊl ʃruː/noun
1A North American short-tailed shrew of the genus Blarina, especially B. brevicauda.
2A burrowing shrew, Anourosorex squamipes, of mountain forests in eastern and southern Asia.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Spencer Baird (1823–1887), zoologist and scientific administrator. From mole + shrew.