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Ferret
Domesticatit
Scientific classification e
Kinrick: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Cless: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Faimily: Mustelidae
Genus: Mustela
Species: M. putorius
Subspecies: M. p. furo
Trinomial name
Mustela putorius furo
Synonyms

Mustela furo Linnaeus, 1758

The ferret (Mustela putorius furo) is the domesticatit form o the foumart, a mammal belangin tae the same genus as the wheasel, Mustela o the family Mustelidae.[1]

References

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  1. Harris & Yalden 2008, pp. 485–487