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Black-Footed Ferret

Black-Footed Ferret. http://www.arkive.org/black-footed-ferret/mustela-nigripes/image-G62539.html. Project by Claire and Oriana. Black-Footed Ferret. Common Name Black-footed ferret Scientific Name Mustela Nigripes Class Mammalia.

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Black-Footed Ferret

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  1. Black-Footed Ferret http://www.arkive.org/black-footed-ferret/mustela-nigripes/image-G62539.html Project by Claire and Oriana

  2. Black-Footed Ferret • Common Name Black-footed ferret • Scientific Name Mustela Nigripes • Class Mammalia http://www.arkive.org/black-footed-ferret/mustela-nigripes/image-G1086.html

  3. Location Found: Southern Canada to Northern Mexico Reintroduced: South Dakota, Wyoming, and Utah http://maps.iucnredlist.org/map.html?id=14020 Red=extinct Purple=reintroduced

  4. Threat Rating http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/14020/0 Endangered means threatened with extinction

  5. Threats Residential & commercial development Hunting & trapping terrestrial animals Agro-industry grazing, ranching or farming http://www.arkive.org/black-footed-ferret/mustela-nigripes/image-G1642.html

  6. 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

  7. Uniqueness The only species of wild ferret http://www.arkive.org/black-footed-ferret/mustela-nigripes/image-G62536.html Was once classified as extinct but then found

  8. Connection Food chain: without them the population of prairie dogs would explode, and harm crops and farms. 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

  9. 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

  10. How long have they been endangered? They were first officially recognized by the United States government as threatened in 1967

  11. Works Consulted Briana, 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

  12. URLs http://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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