Mustela furo

Basic information
Scientific name	Mustela furo	(No picture)
Major synonym	Mustela putorius furo
Common names	Ferret
Higher taxon	Mustelidae, Carnivora, Mammalia
Natural range	This species is a domesticated animal. The wild ancestral species Mustela putorius is distributed in wide area of Europe.
Habitat	The ancestral wild species (Mustela putorius) occurs in forest, grassland, farm area, etc.

Invasion information
Range in Japan	Although there are some records in the fields, whether established or not is unknown. Almost pet ferrets in Japan may be birth controlled.
Origin	Many ferrets are imported from USA.
Date	Under Construction.
Route	Deliberate: Imported as pet animal.
Impact	Potentially: predation on native small animals. In New Zealand, native birds are declined by predation.
Regulation in Japan	Keeping of this species is legally regulated by Hokkaido local government.
Introduced range in other countries	USA, New Zealand, etc.

Reference

Notes

DECO (ed) (2006) Dictionary of Alien Species. Tokyo-Shoseki. (in Jpn)
JWRC (ed) (2008) A Photographic Guide to the Invasive Alien Species in Japan. Heibonsha. (in Jpn)
Ministry of the Environment, Japan. The Invasive Alien Species Act (Accessed on 2012-9-04) http://www.env.go.jp/en/nature/as.html
Wilson & Reeder (eds) (2005) Mammal Species of the World 3rd ed. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore (Accessed on 2012-9-04) http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/.
etc.