Habitat
Ferrets live in a wide variety of areas.
Their natural habitat of Mustela putorious furo is in
forested areas close by water sources (Defenders of Wildlife, 2013).
The common habitat for any type of ferret is an underground
prairie dog burrows.
Domestic ferret are kept both as pets and as
working animals used for hunting (Animal Diversity Web, 2012), known as
ferreting. It is not known exactly when ferrets became domesticated
however, there has been evidence found of domestic ferrets in Europe 2500
years ago. It is hypothesized that they were
domesticated from European polecats (Animal Diversity Web, 2012). 
Black-footed ferrets live in prairie dog towns that
once spanned across the Great Plains, Canada, Mexico, and the West
(Defenders of Wildlife, 2013). They were almost
completely wiped out by 1986 and as of 2013 have been reintroduced.
Ferrets are poor diggers and thus depend on prairie dogs for food
and shelter. They feared extinction when humans
destroyed their towns for crop fields and other human developments. The
black-footed ferret is the only native species to North America
(Defenders of Wildlife, 2013).
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