#weasel skull

Top row: Mt Meru Jackson's chameleon and western skink (probably my smallest skull)

Middle row: spotted skunk and weasel

This Weasel has a really bad case of Skrjabingylus nasicola.

These nasal worms are pretty vile. Thier main hosts seem to be Molluscs, the larvae are in thier third stage of development by the time they reach the Weasel. Once ingested by the Weasel they moult twice more and pass through the gut to the nasal cavity.

The worst part is they travel there through the spinal cord. Then they just chill in the nasal cavity for the rest of thier days.

Wolverine (Gulo gulo). Confirmed male

American Badger (Taxidea taxus). Probable male

Fisher (Pekania pennanti). Confirmed male

North American River Otter (Lontra canadensis). Unknown sex

American Marten (Martes americana). Confirmed male

American Mink (Neovision vision). Probable male

Long-tailed Weasel (Mustela frenata). Unknown sex

Stoat (Mustela erminea). Unknown sex

Least Weasel (Mustela nivalis). Unknown sex

There are two other species native to the United States, the Black-footed Ferret (Mustela nigripes) and Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris), however these species are both highly protected so they are not legal to privately own under normal circumstances. Domestic Ferrets (Mustela putorius furo) are commonly kept in the US as pets but they are not native, being descended from European Polecats (Mustela putorius). Skunks were formerly considered to be mustelids but are now classified as a separate family, Mephitidae.

The Weasel from today's tattoo session