Description : The Asian house shrew (Suncus murinus) is found mainly in South Asia but introduced widely throughout Asia and eastern Africa. As it runs it makes a chattering sound that resembles the sound of jingling money, which has earned them the name ???money shrew??? in China. Discovery of a Highly Divergent Coronavirus in the Asian House Shrew from China Illuminates the Origin of the Alphacoronaviruses, research article published in the Journal of Virology (American Society for Microbiology) in 2017. It is a large shrew with a strong musk smell and active during the night. It is considered an invasive species and implicated in the demise of several island lizard species. Tehatta, West Bengal; India.