[{SlideShowNav}] !!!Tame Ferret [{Image src='a783.jpg' width='900' class='image_left' caption='Tame Ferret\\Photo: H. Maurer, Fall 2005' alt='Alaska' height='675' popup='false' class='image_left'}] %%lang,english The ferret (Mustela putorius furo) is the domesticated form of the European polecat, a mammal belonging to the same genus as the weasel. They are still used for hunting rabbits in some parts of the world, but increasingly, they are kept only as pets. %% [{SET customtitle='Ketchican (4) '}] [{Metadata Suchbegriff=' ' Kontrolle='Nein'}]