Microscopic image of Fusarium, a fungus that causes eye infections. Fungal keratitis is an infection of the cornea (the clear dome covering the colored part of the eye) that is caused by a fungus. Some fungi that have been known to commonly cause fungal keratitis include 1  : Fusarium species.
Stoats live in any habitat in which they can find prey. In New Zealand they can be found from beaches to remote high country, at any altitude, up to and beyond the tree-line; in any kind of forest-exotic or native; in scrub, dunes, tussock, and farm pastures. They are even known to occur near human settlements.
Stoats were brought from Britain in the 1870s to control rabbits. They spread to the bush, where they took eggs from nests and killed young native birds. Cats were carried on ships to control the rats on board. They first came to New Zealand on Captain James Cookâs ship, and later with whalers and sealers.