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🧬 Biological Classification (Kingdom to Species)Mustela furo

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Carnivora

Family

Mustelidae

Genus

Mustela

Species

Mustela furo

Mammalia🥩 Carnivore

Domestic Ferret

Mustela furo (Domestic Ferret · フェレット)

🛡️ Conservation Status (IUCN Red List)NE (Not Evaluated)

Not Evaluated (NE) on the IUCN Red List yet.

Geological Era

Extant

Diet

Carnivore

Length · Height

38~40.6cm · No data

Mass · Top Speed

0.9~2.7kg · No data

Habitat & Fossil Locality

Human homes (kept as pets or for hunting); originally forests near water and semi-open woodlands

💡 Everyday Comparisons for Size, Mass & Speed

💡 A male body length of 40.6 cm is about 1.4 times the long side of an A4 sheet of paper (29.7 cm) (Comparison).
💡 A male's maximum weight of 2.7 kg is similar to one and a half 2-liter bottles of water (Comparison).
💡 Most are fed commercial ferret, cat, or dog food, and they are popular enough as pets to have dedicated food, toys, and cages sold for them. In Europe they are also used for hunting (ADW).

Reference standards: coach bus ~12 m, mid-size car ~4.9 m, compact car ~1 t, basketball hoop 3.05 m, credit card 8.56 cm.

📊 Mass & Speed Index (0–100)

⚖️ Mass Index (Blue Whale ~190 t = 100, log scale)36

Site-computed relative index from recorded values; not a formal scientific metric.

#페럿#Mustela furo

📖 1. Overview

The Domestic Ferret is a domesticated mammal thought to descend from the European polecat, with evidence of living alongside people in Europe more than 2,500 years ago. Today it is kept as a pet in homes around the world.

🦴 2. Anatomy & Morphology

It has a long, slender body, 34 teeth in total, and 5 non-retractable claws on each foot. It takes 1 year to reach adult size, and its coat has been bred in colors such as sable, silver, albino, cinnamon, and chocolate.

🔍 3. Ecology & Behavior

As an obligate carnivore, it needs meat-based food, and because digestion takes only 3–5 hours, it eats about ten times a day. It imprints on the foods it eats during its first 6 months of life as what it recognizes as food.