1 of 15

Slide Notes

DownloadGo Live

Endangered Species Project

Published on Nov 23, 2015

No Description

PRESENTATION OUTLINE

ENDANGERED SPECIES PROJECT

THE BLACK FOOTED FERRET

THE BLACK FOOTED FERRET

  • The ferrets common name is the Black-Footed Ferret
  • The ferrets sceientific name is Mustela nigripes.

ENDANGERED STATUS

ENDANGERED STATUS

  • This species is considered endangered because there are only 1,000 left and everyone...
  • Thought they went extinct but reasearchers found a small population of them after a dog brought...
  • Back a dead Black Footed Ferret to his owner.
  • They are endangered because of farmers killing all they're food like prairie dogs,mice,ect

HABITAT

BLACK-FOOTED FERRET HABITAT

  • The Black Footed Ferret mostly resides in the prairies of Northern Colorado.
  • The prairies are mostly flat land with Low Grass And The Prairies have Many Burrows...
  • Where Most Of The Wildlife Resides.

CONSERVATION AND PRESERVATION

CONSERVATION AND PRESERVATION

  • The ferrets are being kept in breeding centers and they are...
  • Being handled carefully so they don't get sick because they are weak against diseases.
  • After being kept in the centers they put the ferrets in an outdoor boot camp to be trained to...
  • ...survive back on the prairies.

CITATIONS

References

National Parks Conservation Association;NA;Black-Footed Ferret;http://www.npca.org/protecting-our-parks/wildlife_facts/ferret.html

References

Geographic,National;NA;
Black-Footed Ferret Mustela nigripes;http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/black-footed-ferret/

References

Defenders of Wildlife;NA;Black Footed Ferret;http://www.kidsplanet.org/tt/elemenlessons/ferret.html

IMAGE LINKS