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I think your neighbor is correct . Loo here
Yep it's a vole. The species is usually determined by the size of the tail. It the tail is little and stubby it could be a meadow vole.
My neighbors and I found this dead mouse, and because in science we are learning about classifying mice I wanted to know what it was. My neighbor said a woodland vole.