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Black Ferret

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An endangered species, these mammals used to roam over much of the prairies and grasslands of North America, but are exceedingly rare now. They are nocturnal (more active at night) and live in prairie dog burrows that they take over (usually after eating the prairie dogs). Anatomy The !lack"footed #erret has very short legs, a long snout, and a slender body. $t is % %&' feet (() cm) long (from snout to tail). Diet #errets are carnivores (meat"eaters). They eat prairie dogs, s*uirrels, insects, mice, and birds, which they hunt at night. Distribution !lack"footed #errets are found in the central part of North America, from southern central +anada to Texas, ,-A. Classification .ingdom Animalia, /hylum +hordata, +lass 0ammalia (mammals), 1rder +arnivora, #amily 0ustelidae (weasels, ferrets, minks, skunks, otters, badgers), 2enus 0ustela, -pecies M. nigripes.

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