Black-footed Ferret
Black-footed ferret Mustela nigripes
Less than 100 of these nocturnal carnivores survive. A large area of
prairie and very many prairie dogs are need to support just a few
ferrets. Ferrets declined with extensive killing of prairie dogs.
Photo: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S.A.
Source: Optilearn CD-ROM, copyright 1995.
Black-footed
ferret factsheet
Formatted for EE-Link / 12 January 1995
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