Black-footed Ferret

Mustela nigripes

Mammalstrong against birds, fungi

Epic

Pack

While active with another mammal in play, it hits 7 harder (14 with two others).

Mustela nigripes

Photo: USFWS Mountain Prairie (original photo) · public domain (licence text) · cropped

In battle

Strong against

Birds
Fungi

Weak against

Reptiles
Fish

Strong against: it deals 20% more damage to them. Weak against: these types deal 20% more damage to it.

The species

The black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes), also known as the American polecat or prairie dog hunter, is a mustelid species native to central North America. It is roughly the size of a mink and is similar in appearance to the European polecat and the Asian steppe polecat. It is largely nocturnal and solitary, except when breeding or raising litters. Up to 90% of its diet is composed of prairie dogs.

The black-footed ferret declined throughout the 20th century, primarily as a result of decreases in prairie dog populations and sylvatic plague. It was declared extinct in 1979, but a residual wild population was discovered in 1981 in Meeteetse, Wyoming. A captive-breeding program launched by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service resulted in its reintroduction into eight western US states, Canada, and Mexico from 1991 to 2009. As of 2026, about 300 individuals live in wild populations, with four self-sustaining populations in South Dakota, Arizona, and Wyoming. It was first listed as "endangered" in 1982, then as "extinct in the wild" in 1996 before being moved back up to "endangered" in the IUCN Red List in 2008. In February 2021, the first successful clone of a black-footed ferret, a female named Elizabeth Ann, was introduced to the public.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article Black-footed ferret, by its authors, under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

Endangered on the IUCN Red List: that’s what makes this card Epic.

Observations: 156 on iNaturalist
Adult mass: 907 g
Diet: Carnivore

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