Black-Footed Ferrets.

ICT 10I2: Endangered Species Project Paper

THE BLACK-FOOTED FERRET

Student: Nguyen Nguyet Anh
Student ID: 03
Teacher: Jeremy Fellows
Due Date: Friday, November 30th, 2012
Word count: 1149

Contents
ESP PART C PROJECT PAPER
SECTION 1: DESCRIPTION 2
SECTION 2: CLASSIFICATION 2
SECTION 3: HABITAT 4
SECTION 4: NUTRITION 5
SECTION 5: REPRODUCTION 6
SECTION 6: ROLE IN THE ECOSYSTEM 7
SECTION 7: THREATS AND SOLUTIONS 8
Works Cited: 8
ESP PART A RESEARCH
SECTION 1: DESCRIPTION 10
SECTION 2: CLASSIFICATION 2
SECTION 3: HABITAT 3
SECTION 4: NUTRITION 4
SECTION 5: REPRODUCTION 5
SECTION 6: ROLE IN THE ECOSYSTEM 6
SECTION 7: THREATS AND SOLUTIONS 7
ESP PART B KEYPOINTS
SECTION 1: DESCRIPTION 1
SECTION 2: CLASSIFICATION 1
SECTION 3: HABITAT 2
SECTION 4: NUTRITION 3
SECTION 5: REPRODUCTION 4
SECTION 6: ROLE IN THE ECOSYSTEM 5
SECTION 7: THREATS AND SOLUTIONS 6

ESP PART C: THE BLACK-FOOTED FERRET

SECTION 1: DESCRIPTION Black-footed ferret is a kind of mammal which basically has the size of a mink with the length of 38cm to 50cm from its head to its body (National geographic, Wikipedia). Males are usually larger than females (Blackfootedferret). This special animal are made for crawling and digging holes with its short, sleek fur, short legs and long front claws for digging (Blackfootedferret). Apart from that, the name “black-footed ferret” has its reason, the animal have black markings at certain parts of their body which are their feet, legs, tail and especially their “stick-em-up” mask (National geographic). Also, black-footed ferrets have rounded ear and black-tipped tail which usually 11cm to 13cm long (National geographic). Their life span in the wild will be 1 to 3 years long and 4 to 6 years long in captivity (Blackfootedferret).
SECTION 2: CLASSIFICATION Common name | * Black-footed ferret * Black-eyed ferret | Kingdom | Animalia | Phylum | Chordata | Class | Mammalia | Order | Carnivora | Family |

Cited: Blackfootedferret. (n.d.). Animal Profile. Retrieved August 30, 2012, from Black-footed ferret recovery program: http://www.blackfootedferret.org/animal-profile Blackfootedferret Conservenature . (n.d.). Black-footed ferret. Retrieved September 13, 2012, from Canisius Ambassadors for conservation: http://www.conservenature.org/learn_about_wildlife/prairie/black_footed_ferret.htm Defenders Diet. (n.d.). Animal profile. Retrieved September 13, 2012, from black-footed ferret recovery program: http://www.blackfootedferret.org/animal-profile Ferrets Weasels and Badgers Fws. ( 2011, May 3). U.S fish and wildlife service- South Dakota Field Office. Retrieved September 20, 2012, from Black-footed Ferret: http://www.fws.gov/southdakotafieldoffice/b-fferret.htm K.Tamkun Klappenbach, L. (2005, September 29). Black-Footed Ferret - Mustela nigripes. Retrieved September 6, 2012, from Animals/ Wildlife: http://animals.about.com/od/mammals/p/blackfootedferr.htm Nationalgeographic Nhptv. (n.d.). Black-footed Ferret - Mustela nigripes. Retrieved September 13, 2012, from Nature works: http://www.nhptv.org/natureworks/blackfootedferret.htm Northern Wikipedia. (2012, august 28). Black-footed ferret. Retrieved August 30, 2012, from Wikipedia, free wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-footed_ferret Wikipedia Source 2 Citation: (Wikipedia, 2012) Source 3: The black-footed ferret could also be called the black-eyed ferret because of the distinctive "stick-em up" mask that adorns its face Species: Mustela nigripes Source 2 Citation: (Klappenbach, 2005) Source 1 Citation: (Klappenbach, 2005) Source 2: Historical habitats of the black-footed ferret included short grass prairie, mixed-grass prairie, desert grassland, shrub steppe, sagebrush steppe, mountain grassland, and semi-arid grassland Source 3 citation: (fws, 2011) SECTION 6: ROLE IN THE ECOSYSTEM