black-footed ferret
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Black-Footed FerretProject by Claire and Oriana http://www.arkive.org/black-footed-ferret/mustela-
nigripes/image-G62539.html
Black-Footed Ferret
•Common NameBlack-footed ferret•Scientific NameMustela Nigripes•ClassMammalia http://www.arkive.org/black-footed-ferret/mustela-nigripes/image-
G1086.html
Location
http://maps.iucnredlist.org/map.html?id=14020
Red=extinctPurple=reintroduced
Found: Southern Canada to Northern MexicoReintroduced: South Dakota, Wyoming, and Utah
Threat Rating
Endangered means threatened with extinction
http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/14020/0
ThreatsResidential & commercial
development Hunting & trapping terrestrial
animals Agro-industry grazing, ranching or
farming
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Positive Efforts Wyoming Game & Fish Department,
cooperating with the US Fish and Wildlife Service started breeding
programs.
http://www.arkive.org/black-footed-ferret/mustela-nigripes/image-G116542.html
Uniqueness The only species of wild ferret
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Was once classified as extinct but then found
ConnectionFood chain: without them the
population of prairie dogs would explode, and harm crops and
farms.
http://www.arkive.org/black-footed-ferret/mustela-nigripes/image-G62539.html
http://www.arkive.org/black-tailed-prairie-dog/cynomys-ludovicianus/image-G22853.html
How Long Have They Been on Earth
Ferrets evolved in Europe between 3 and 4 million years
ago from weasel-like ancestors.
http://www.blackfootedferret.org/photo-gallery
How long have they been endangered?They were first officially recognized by
the United States government as threatened in 1967
Works ConsultedBriana, Richy Joe A. "Black-footed ferret ( Mustela Nigripes ) ." The Grolier World Encyclopedia-North America. Danbury, CN:
Grolier Education Corporation, 1993. 20-22. Print.
John, Bob X. "Amazing Species: Black-footed Ferret." IUCN Red List. ARKive, Web. 28 Mar. 2012
URLshttp://www.blackfootedferret.org/photo-gallery
http://www.arkive.org/black-tailed-prairie-dog/cynomys-ludovicianus/image-G22853.html
http://www.arkive.org/black-footed-ferret/mustela-nigripes/image-G62539.html
http://www.arkive.org/black-footed-ferret/mustela-nigripes/image-G62536.html
http://www.arkive.org/black-footed-ferret/mustela-nigripes/image-G116542.html
http://www.arkive.org/black-footed-ferret/mustela-nigripes/image-G1642.html
http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/14020/0
http://maps.iucnredlist.org/map.html?id=14020
http://www.arkive.org/black-footed-ferret/mustela-nigripes/image-G1086.html
http://www.arkive.org/black-footed-ferret/mustela-nigripes/image-G62539.html
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