adult black-footed ferret | probably extinct in Canada | Order Carnivora | black-footed ferret | enlarged rodent den | Mustela nigripes | | prairie dogs, ground squirrels, cottontail rabbits, jack rabbits, voles and mice, snakes, birds | dawn and dusk | | putois d'Amérique | creamy white, brown mask on the face, brown legs and end of tail, white muzzle, forehead, throat, belly and base of tail, black whiskers | in 1937 in the wild in Canada | arid, short-grass prairie | Family Mustelidae |
adult male black-footed ferret | probably extinct in Canada | Order Carnivora | male mammal | enlarged rodent den | Mustela nigripes | 535-633 g | prairie dogs, ground squirrels, cottontail rabbits, jack rabbits, voles and mice, snakes, birds | dawn and dusk | 512-572 mm | putois d'Amérique | creamy white, brown mask on the face, brown legs and end of tail, white muzzle, forehead, throat, belly and base of tail, black whiskers | in 1937 in the wild in Canada | arid, short-grass prairie | Family Mustelidae |