Asian House Shrew

The Asian house shrew, or common musk shrew, is the largest of the shrews, about 15cm from snout to tail tip and weighing 50 to 100g. 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 (Wikipedia, general species account).

It breeds throughout the year, with each female averaging two litters a year of one to eight young, usually three, after a month's gestation, in a nest built by both parents. Indoors it makes a chattering sound like jingling money, and when alarmed it gives a piercing shriek. The Mammal Diversity Database lists Bhutan in its range.