🦡Black-footed ferret
De zwartvoetbunzing (Mustela nigripes) is een marterachtige uit Noord-Amerika. Vroeger kwamen ze voor op de gehele Noord-Amerikaanse prairies, maar de soort was in de 20ste eeuw nagenoeg uitgestorven in het wild. Wetenschappers vingen in 1981 de laatst bekende populatie in een (succesvolle) poging deze soort te redden. Sinds 1991 worden dieren weer gecontroleerd vrijgelaten, waardoor hun aantal fors gestegen is.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2015.
- Body mass
- 0.91 kg
- Body length
- 0.43 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 12 years
Everything we know about the Black-footed ferret
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass0.91 kgCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 1.02 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Body length0.43 mCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Brain mass8.81 gCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan12 yearsCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 9.4 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Generation length4.1 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity1.0 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation43 daysCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 43 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Litter sizeabout 3COMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 3AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Trophic levelCarnivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleNocturnalCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Home range0.83 km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Population density2 per km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l0.9 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Black-footed ferret yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderCarnivora
- ›familyMustelidae
- ›genusMustela
- ›speciesMustela nigripes
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderCarnivorans · Carnivora
- suborderCaniformia
- familyMustelidae
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderLaurasiatheria
- orderCarnivorans · Carnivora
- suborderCaniformia
- familyMustelidae
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