#0145 · 🦊 mammals

Domestic Ferret

🇳🇱 Fret ·Mustela furo

🦊 Mammals 📍 in Europe, not in NL

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Alfredo Gutiérrez · CC BY-SA 4.0
2. © karen Bullock · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
3. © Cloudtail the Snow Leopard · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
4. © Roberto Ghiglia · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Cloudtail · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
6. © neusitas · CC BY-SA 4.0
7. © Cloudtail · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
8. © gjpinat · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. © Austin 0201 · CC BY 4.0
10. © Austin 0201 · CC BY 4.0

what is it?

The ferret ( Mustela putorius furo ) is the domesticated form of the European polecat, a mammal belonging to the same genus as the weasel, Mustela of the family Mustelidae. They typically have brown, black, white, or mixed fur. 7–2 kg), and have a natural lifespan of 7 to 10 years. Ferrets are sexually dimorphic predators with males being substantially larger than females.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 1,122iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).