This is a ferret. Ferrets are adorable little animals that are part of the weasel family. The best part? You can keep them as pets!

People have kept ferrets as pets for 2,500 years, that's a long time! If you get a pet ferret, it might live up to 8 years old.

Ferrets in the wild.

Before humans made them pets, ferrets lived in many places, from the hot desert, to the cold tundra.

Ferrets in the wild are carnivores. This means that they only eat meat. 

Ferrets come in a lot of different colors, they can be multicolored, gray, brown, white, and other colors.