D. Biggins L. Hanebury A. Vargas B. Miller 1994 The black-footed ferret (<i>Mustela nigripes</i>) (Figure 27.1) is a small, secretive, nocturnal member of the family Mustelidae (Hall, 1981; Honacki, Kurman and Koeppl, 1982). Ferrets have an obligate dependence on the prairie dog (<i>Cynomys</i> spp.) community, utilizing the prairie dog for food and its burrows for shelter (Campbell et al., 1987). application/pdf 10.1007/978-94-011-0721-1_27 en Chapman & Hall Reintroduction of the black-footed ferret (<i>Mustela nigripes</i>) chapter