Asian House Shrew

The Asian house shrew, also called the common musk shrew, is a shrew native to South and Southeast Asia, weighing 50 to 100 g and about 15 cm long. It has short dense mid-grey to brownish-grey fur, small ears and an elongated snout. It is a voracious insect eater, taking cockroaches and other invertebrates and sometimes small mammals such as house mice, and is found in almost every habitat, including houses (Wikipedia, general species account).

Females have two litters a year of one to eight young, usually three, after about a month's gestation. Indoors it makes a chattering sound like jingling money, and when alarmed it gives a piercing shriek. It has been introduced in several West Asian and East African countries and is considered invasive in some.