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The black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes), also known as the American polecat [4] or prairie dog hunter, [5] is a species of mustelid native to central North America. The black-footed ferret is roughly the size of a mink and is similar in appearance to the European polecat and the Asian steppe polecat. It is largely nocturnal and solitary ...
It includes four living species — the black-footed ferret or American polecat (Mustela nigripes), the domestic ferret (Mustela furo), the European polecat (Mustela putorius), and the steppe polecat (Mustela eversmanii). Polecats share the genus Mustela with members of the subgenera Lutreola and Mustela.
Antonia, a genetically-modified ferret, was cloned from tissue samples collected from Willa, another endangered black-footed ferret whose furry body was preserved in the Frozen Zoo at the San ...
To help mitigate inbreeding depression for two endangered species, the black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes) and Przewalski's horse (Equus ferus przewalskii), Revive & Restore facilitates on-going efforts to clone individuals from historic cell lines stored at the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance Frozen Zoo.
The two baby black-footed ferrets, called kits, could reintroduce completely lost DNA to the species, scientists said. Send in the clones: 2 black-footed ferret babies born to cloned mom for the ...
The animal was a black-footed ferret, once abundant in the American West with a range that stretched into Canada and Mexico, but by the 1980s the species was believed to have been wiped out ...
Black-footed ferret: Mustela nigripes: Western U.S., western Canada: E Northern swift fox: Vulpes velox hebes: U.S. (northern plains), Canada E San Joaquin kit fox: Vulpes macrotis mutica: U.S. (CA) E San Miguel Island fox: Urocyon littoralis littoralis: U.S. (CA) E Santa Catalina Island fox: Urocyon littoralis catalinae: U.S. (CA) E Santa Cruz ...
Black-footed ferret recovery efforts aimed at increased genetic diversity and disease resistance took a bold step forward on Dec. 10, with the birth of Elizabeth Ann, created from the cells of ...