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The black-footed ferret is an endangered mammal. It used to live in the grassland plains from southern Alberta and Saskatchewan in Canada to all the way to Texas and Arizona in the United States. It lives in dry grasslands. Its home range is about 50 hectares. Black-footed ferrets live in or near prairie dog colonies. A colony with a ferret in it would be at least 5 kilometres from the next colony with a ferret.
Other animals that live in the grasslands are prairie dogs, burrowing owls, pronghorn antelope, buffalo, rabbits, ground squirrels, badgers, foxes, rough-legged hawks, golden eagles, toads, crickets, and grasshoppers. Plants in the grasslands are sagebrush, yarrow, bindweed, prickly-pear cactus, blue grama, buffalo grass, foxtail, pigweed, fescue, and tumble grass. The black-footed ferret needs food, water, and air to survive. The climate in the summer is hot. In the winter it is cold and dry. |
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This is a map of the range of the ferret. |
This is a drawing of a ferret. |