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A black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes) at the National Black-Footed Ferret Conservation Center near Wellington, CO.
This is a female named Elizabeth Ann, and she’s the world’s first cloned black-footed ferret, created from the genetics of an animal named Willa that died in 1987.
Keywords
- American polecat
- animal portrait
- Black-footed ferret
- cloned
- colorado
- elizabeth ann
- Endangered Species
- front view
- hole
- mammals
- Mustela nigripes
- National Black-Footed Ferret Conservation Center near Wellington
- one animal
- Photo Ark
- prairie dog hunter
- studio shot
- waist up
- white background
- willow
This photo © Joel Sartore 2023. Image usage guidelines

This photo is part of the Photo Ark.