Mustela Furo: The Domesticated Ferret

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The ferret, known to the scientific community as Mustela Furo, is a domesticated version the European pole-cat and has been introduced into many parts of the world. But they threaten native prey species, ground nesting and flightless birds. Their habitat usually consists of semi-forested areas near a source of water. In Europe, you can usually find them in dune systems with large rabbit populations. In New Zealand they reside in grasslands, scrub, forest fringes, and suburban areas. Some ferrets are in a different category than Mustela Furo. The black-footed ferret is far from invasive; in fact there are probably only 1 thousand in the wild today. Those numbers are thanks to wildlife conservationists like zoos and some Native American tribes. Most of these ferrets reside in the grasslands of the Northern Great Plains. Mustela nigripes (the black-footed ferret) and Mustela Furo are very similar physically. They weigh close to the same amount and have similar heights/lengths but one of the main features that make them so drastically different is their food supply. Mustela Furo usually ...

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