The Black-footed Ferret (Mustela nigripes) is a small carnivorous North American mammal in the family Mustelidae which includes weasels, mink, polecats, martens, otters, and badgers and is closely related to the Steppe Polecat of Russia.
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Within the genus Mustela, ferrets belong to the subgenus Putorius, from which there are only three extant species: M. putorius, the European polecat; M. eversmanni, the Siberian, or steppe polecat; and M. nigripes, the black-footed ferret. The European polecat lives in open forests and meadows, and is thought to be the ancestor of the domestic ferret. The Siberian or steppe polecat looks nearly identical to the black-footed ferret and leads a similar life on open grasslands and semi desert regions across Russia, China and Siberia.
Ferrets probably evolved in Europe, between three and four million years ago, from weasel-like ancestors. The earliest known ferret species, M. stromeri, probably gave rise to M. putorius and M. eversmanni during the middle Pleistocene. Ferrets dispersed from Siberia into North America during the late Pleistocene across the Bering land bridge, and advanced southeastward to the Great Plains through ice-free passageways. Over thousands of years of co-evolution with prairie dogs as prey, their behavior and biology gradually changed to suit their environment, and thus, they evolved into today's black-footed ferret. Although the first occurrence of black-footed ferrets is uncertain, scientists speculate that the species has probably been present in North America for at least 100,000 years. Molecular data collected from black-footed ferret specimens indicates that this species diverged from its Siberian counterpart between 0.5 and 2 million years ago.
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A black footed ferret is not a arthropod. Black footed ferrets are mammals in the weasel family
The black footed ferret does.
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The black footed ferret is found in North America
The Black-Footed Ferret gets its energy from eating and drinking.
The difference between a black-footed ferret and a pet ferret is that Black-footed ferrets are the only ferret species native to North America and are a different species than ferrets kept as pets, which are from the European Polecat Ferret. The two ferrets are related along with the Siberian polecat ferret which lives in northern China and Mongolia. Black-footed ferrets physically differ from pet ferrets mostly in their fur. Black-footed ferrets always black feet, face mask and tail tip with a creamy/buff colored body. The fur on a black-footed ferret is shorter than that of pet ferrets, thus they look less fuzzy.
No, black-footed ferrets are nocturnal.
The Black-footed Ferret (Mustela nigripes) got it's name because it has black feet.
up to 100 prarie dogs per black footed ferret
Black footed ferrets are able to swim
Black footed ferrets are solitary animals and do not convene in groups. But a group of ferrets as in "domestic ferrets" is called a "business"
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