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References

• 1. IUCN Red List (October, 2008) http://www.iucnredlist.org
• 2. Black-Footed Ferret Recovery Programme (June, 2002) http://www.blackfootedferret.org
• 3. Macdonald, D. (2001) The New Encyclopedia of Mammals. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
• 4. CITES (October, 2002) http://www.cites.org
• 5. Animal Info (June, 2002) http://www.animalinfo.org/species/carnivor/mustnigr.htm
• 6. Animal Diversity Web (June, 2002) http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/mustela/m._nigripes$narrative.html
• 7. UNEP-WCMC Species Sheets (March, 2008) http://www.unep-wcmc.org/species/data/species_sheets/ferret.htm
• 8. Biggins, D. (October, 2002) Pers. Comm.
• 9. US Federal Register (June, 2002) http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=2000_register&docid=fr13oc00-14.pdf
• Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes. 2003. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada
• Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner. 1987. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. Resource Publication, no. 166. 79
• Bernhard Grzimek (1990) Grzimek's Encyclopedia of Mammals. McGraw-Hill: New York.
• Hillman, C., T. Clark. April 1980. Mammalian Species No. 126: Mustela nigripes. USA: American Society of Mammalogists.
• Massicot, P. 2000. "Animal Info - Black-footed Ferret" (On-line). Accessed 17 May 2000 at http://www.animalinfo.org/species/carnivor/mustnigr.htm.
• Nowak, R. 1991. Walker's Mammals of the World. USA: Johns Hopkins University Press.
• Original description: Audubon, J. J., and J. Bachman,, 1851.  The viviparous quadrupeds of North America, p. 297.  V.G. Audubon, New York, 2:1-334. 
• Richard Weigl (2005) Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World. Kleine Senckenberg-Reihe 48: Stuttgart.
• Wilson, D., S. Ruff. 1999. The Smithsonian Book of North American Mammals. USA: Smithsonian Institution Press.
• Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. 1993. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. xviii + 1207
• Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. 2005. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2. 2142
• Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole. 2000. Common Names of Mammals of the World. xiv + 204