black-footed ferret

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black-footed ferret

A North American weasel (Mustela nigripes) that is yellowish above, mixed with brown on the head and neck, and has a blackish mask and feet. It is related to the European polecat.

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black-footed ferret - musteline mammal of prairie regions of United States; nearly extinct

ferret, Mustela nigripes

mustelid, musteline, musteline mammal - fissiped fur-bearing carnivorous mammals

genus Mustela, Mustela - type genus of the family Mustelidae: minks and weasels

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ferret Ferreter genus Mustela Mustela Mustela nigripes mustelid musteline musteline mammal			New cool stuff: El Morro is in the historic range of the endangered black-footed ferret. A LOOK AT NEW MEXICO NATIONAL PARKS by The Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, NM) Byline: ANI Washington, August 4 (ANI): A new oral vaccine against sylvatic plague is showing significant promise in the laboratory as a way to protect prairie dogs and may eventually protect endangered black-footed ferrets who now get the disease by eating infected prairie dogs. New oral vaccine may help protect prairie dogs and ferrets from plague by Asian News International Vargas, who has worked on saving the black-footed ferret and the Mexican wolf in the United States and the Siberian tiger in Russia, said the work is "satisfying and very terribly tiring". Most endangered feline brought back from the brink by AFP / AFP Global Edition			Black wolf Black woman Black, Joseph black-a-vised black-and-blue black-and-tan black-and-tan coonhound black-and-tan terrier black-and-white black-backed gull black-barred black-billed cuckoo black-body radiation Black-browed black-capped chickadee black-coated black-crowned night heron Black-eyed black-eyed pea black-eyed Susan black-eyed Susan vine Black-faced black-faced crow black-flag black-footed albatross black-footed ferret black-fronted bush shrike black-gray black-grey black-haired black-headed gull black-headed snake black-hearted Black-jack black-legged tick Black-letter black-marked black-market Black-mouthed black-necked cobra black-necked grebe black-necked stilt black-necked stork black-seeded black-stem spleenwort black-stemmed spleenwort black-tailed deer black-tie black-water fever black-winged stilt blackamoor			black-eyed pea black-eyed pea Black-Eyed Pea Trypsin Inhibitor Black-eyed peas Black-eyed peas black-eyed Susan black-eyed Susan black-eyed Susan Black-eyed Susan (disambiguation) Black-eyed Susan (disambiguation) Black-eyed Susan (disambiguation) black-eyed Susan vine black-eyed Susans black-eyed Susans black-eyed Susans Black-faced black-faced crow Black-faced Impala Black-faced Impala Black-faced Impala Black-fiber palm Black-figure Black-figure pottery Black-figure style Black-figure vase painting black-flag black-flagged black-flagging black-flags black-footed albatross black-footed ferret Black-footed Penguin black-fronted bush shrike Black-fronted Bushshrike black-gray black-grey black-haired Black-hat hacker Black-hat hacking Black-hat SEO Black-Headed Grossbeak Black-headed Gull Black-Headed Nightingale Thrush Black-Headed Parakeet black-headed snake black-hearted Black-Hot Black-humor Black-jack Black-jack ore Black-jack ore Black-legged Kittiwake Black-legged Kittiwake Black-legged Seriema black-legged tick black-legged tick Black-letter Black-letter Black-letter law

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