Notes on Behaviors of Free-Ranging Black-Footed Ferrets: Conata Basin, South Dakota, 2007–2009

David A. Eads

doi:10.3398/064.072.0208

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David A. Eadshttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-4247-017X¹

¹Graduate Degree Program in Ecology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1878. E-mail: david.eads@colostate.edu

Abstract

During 2007–2009 in the Conata Basin, South Dakota, field studies provided opportunities to accumulate incidental observations of wild-born black-footed ferrets (Mustela nigripes) and their interactions with other species. Here, I describe maternal behaviors by female ferrets; interactions between a female ferret and a rattlesnake (Crotalus viridis viridis); and attacks by ferrets on a horned lark (Eremophila alpestris), a deer mouse (Peromyscus sp.), and a cottontail rabbit (Sylvilagus sp.). Additionally, I present hypotheses for future testing and discuss conservation implications.

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David A. Eads "Notes on Behaviors of Free-Ranging Black-Footed Ferrets: Conata Basin, South Dakota, 2007–2009," Western North American Naturalist 72(2), 191-195, (1 August 2012). https://doi.org/10.3398/064.072.0208

Received: 30 June 2011; Accepted: 1 February 2012; Published: 1 August 2012

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