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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 ...
August 25, 2024 at 8:00 AM. The Black-Footed Ferret and a Dog Named ShepMutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom Protecting the Wild. A dog, a family cattle ranch, and the cutest little carnivore you ever ...
Beth S. Williams. Elizabeth Storm Williams (November 15, 1951 – December 29, 2004) was an American wildlife veterinarian. [1] She discovered chronic wasting disease and is also credited with preventing the extinction of the black-footed ferret.
Elizabeth Ann (born December 10, 2020) is a black-footed ferret, the first U.S. endangered species to be cloned. [1] [2] The animal was cloned using the frozen cells from Willa, a black-footed female ferret who died in the 1980s [3] and had no living descendants. [4] Black-footed ferrets are the only ferret species native to the United States. [5]
The SAFE program signature species include the African lion, African species of vultures, Asian elephant, Atlantic Acropora coral, black-footed ferret, black rhinoceros, cheetah, eastern indigo snake, giraffe, gorilla, sea turtles, orangutan, radiated tortoise, red wolf, sharks, and sting rays, vaquita, western pond turtle, and whooping crane ...
Polecat. Polecat is a common name for several mustelid species in the order Carnivora and subfamilies Ictonychinae [1] and Mustelinae. Polecats do not form a single taxonomic rank (i.e. clade). The name is applied to several species with broad similarities to European polecats, such as having a dark mask-like marking across the face.
On December 10, 2020, the world's first cloned black-footed ferret was born. This ferret, named Elizabeth Ann, marked the first time a U.S. endangered species was successfully cloned. [33] [34] Elizabeth Ann, the first cloned black-footed ferret, being weighed on the 18th of February 2021 (at 70 days old)
A safe harbor is a provision of a statute or a regulation that specifies that certain conduct will be deemed not to violate a given rule. It is usually found in connection with a more-vague, overall standard. By contrast, " un safe harbors" describe conduct that will be deemed to violate the rule. For example, in the context of a statute that ...