[DOC] [TLE] Black-footed ferret - Wikipedia [PAR] In contrast, differences between the black-footed ferret and the steppe polecat of 
Asia are slight, to the point where the two species were once thought to be... [DOC] [TLE] TIL that the black-footed ferret was considered extinct until 1981 ... [PAR]  [DOC] [TLE] Black-footed ferret photo - Mustela nigripes - G1643 | ARKive [PAR] The black-footed ferret was thought to be Extinct (EX) in 1970s but a wild ... The 
last remaining 18 black-footed ferrets were taken into captivity between ... wild 
populations of the once Extinct in the Wild black-footed ferret. ... Family, 
Mustelidae .... 1970s until a last population was discovered in Meeteetse, 
Wyoming in 1981. [DOC] [TLE] black footed ferret - ConserveNature.org [PAR] Black-footed ferrets belong to the weasel family, Mustelidae, which they share ... 
By 1979 the Black-footed Ferret was thought by wildlife biologists to be extinct. In 
1981, a small group of Black-footed Ferrets was discovered on a ranch ... It was 
thrilling to realize that we were in the presence of the few surviving members of... [DOC] [TLE] Recovery of the Black-footed Ferret: Progress and Continuing ... [PAR] Black-footed Ferret and Its Habitat, Fort Collins, Colorado,. January ..... Their 
perspectives were formed during work with the rediscovered ... footed ferret was 
extinct, but these contentions were short- ... resort, when few animals are 
available for captive breeding ..... from discovery in 1981 through 1984, when 
the population. [DOC] [TLE] Black-footed ferret | Smithsonian's National Zoo [PAR] Once believed to be extinct, black-footed ferrets have made an incredible 
recovery, ... were caught to establish a breeding colony, from which all wild black-
footed ... that they have acute hearing and sight, but smell is probably their most 
important ... calculate that one ferret family needs more than 250 prairie dogs 
each year. [DOC] [TLE] Endangered Mammals - The Black-footed Ferret - Ferrets, Prairie ... [PAR] ... Figure 7.1) is a small furrow-digging mammal and member of the weasel family
. FIGURE 7.1. Black-footed ferrets, once thought extinct, are now being 
successfully bred in ... In 1981 a ferret was sighted in Wyoming and discovered to 
be part of a ... Rewards were offered for more sightings, and by the end of the 
year a few... [DOC] [TLE] Ferret, Black-footed - Dictionary definition of Ferret, Black-footed ... [PAR] The black-footed ferret is a member of the weasel family (other members ... in the 
wild between 1972 and 1981, the animal was thought to be extinct. ... The 
population increased over the next few years, but an outbreak of canine ... In 
1991, 49 captive-bred, young ferrets were released into the Shirley Basin in 
Wyoming. [DOC] [TLE] Black-footed Ferrets Are Back! - Kansas Department of Wildlife and ... [PAR] On September 25, 1981, a dog named Shep brought his owner a dead ferret from 
... The black-footed ferret wasn't extinct after all. ... taken on occasion, but the 
ferret lives in prairie dog .... and a few were taken into captivity beginning in ..... 
with a rich and varied menu of calls for communicating with family members and
... [DOC] [TLE] Colorado: Black Footed Ferret Reintroduction | The Nature ... [PAR] Once thought to be extinct, black-footed ferrets are being reintroduced at a 
southeastern ... Entirely dependent on prairie dog communities for survival, 
ferrets were the ...

Question: The black-footed ferret, a member of this family, was once thought extinct, but a few were discovered in 1981
Answer: Weasel