American polecat prairie dog hunter Mustela nigripes endangered IUCN North America USFWS conservation captive breeding program reintroduction back from extinction
Black footed ferret – the American polecat is native to central North-America. The species was extinct in the wild in 1987, mainly because of habitat loss, fur trade and diseases, but thanks to a successful captive breeding and reintroduction program of theU.S. Fish and Wildlife Service they are listed ‘only’ as endangered since 2008.
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