SCIENTIFIC NAMES

The name "ferret" is derived from the Latin furittus, meaning "little thief", a likely reference to the common ferret penchant for secreting away small items.The Greek word ictis occurs in a play written by Aristophanes, The Acharnians, in 425 BC. Whether this was a reference to ferrets, polecats, or the similar Egyptian mongoose is uncertain

Conservation status

Domesticated

Scientific classification 
Kingdom:    Animalia
Phylum:    Chordata
Class:        Mammalia
Order:        Carnivora
Suborder:    Caniformia
Family:        Mustelidae
Genus:        Mustela
Species:    M. putorius
Subspecies:    M. p. furo

Trinomial name
Mustela putorius furo
Linnaeus, 1758

Synonyms
Mustela furo Linnaeus, 1758

Ferret : The ferret (Mustela putorius furo) is the domesticated form of the European polecat, a mammal belonging to the same genus as the weasel, Mustela of the family Mustelidae.