American Mink
Relatives in same Genus
Ermine (M. erminea)
Long-tailed Weasel (M. frenata)
Black-footed Ferret (M. nigripes)
Least Weasel (M. nivalis) ...
American Mink (Mustela vison)
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The American Mink is from the order Carnivora. The Carnivora (or carnivores) are meat eating mammals.
American mink, Neovison vison
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Where are they found? Asia, Europe, North America ...
American mink are often mistaken for otters, but are much smaller with fluffier tails and pointed snouts.
American Mink
Order: Carnivora
Family: Mustelidae
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American mink (Mustela vison)
The introduced American mink (Mustela vison) has a slender body, short legs and a tail that is about a third of the body length. The... More 7 Images 15 Videos ...
American Mink of other subspecies have found their way into the wild in Europe (including Great Britain) and South America, after many were released from or escaped from mink farms which were no longer commercially viable.
American Mink
Neovison vison (scientific)
American minks can be found throughout most of the continental United States and Alaska except in the Southwest. They prefer to live in forests near wetlands.
American Mink
Neovison vison
Statewide except Nantucket County. The extinct sea mink (N. macrodon) formerly occurred in coastal Massachusetts.
The American Mink can be found in wooded areas and fields near streams and lakes. They dig burrows in river banks or take over dens abandoned by other animals.
*** Male American mink can mate with female European mink earlier than can males of the same species. The embryos are always resorbed before birth, but it means that the European mink females are unable to breed. (Oryx 1991)
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Genus Neovison (American minks)
Genus Poecilogale (African striped weasel)
Genus Taxidea (American badger) ...
GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : American mink range across Canada, excepting the high Arctic, west through Alaska and south throughout the United States except for the southwestern deserts [10].
American Mink - Mustela vison
Black-footed Ferret - Mustela nigripes
Wolverine - Gulo gulo
American Badger - Taxidea taxus
Northern River Otter - Lontra canadensis
Common Raccoon - Procyon lotor
Black Bear - Ursus americanus ...
The population declined in the 1970s and 80s but has since been recovering. The decline seemed to be a result of reduced clutch size and this in turn may be caused by the spread of American mink Mustela vison, ...
The American mink feeds on aquatic mammals, such as muskrat, as well as fish, frogs, crustaceans, and birds. It is about 20 to 28 in. (51-71 cm) long, including the 7 to 9 in. (18-23 cm) tail.
Classification: Kingdom Animalia, Phylum Chordata, Class Mammalia ( ), Order Carnivora, Family Mustelidae (weasels, ferrets, minks, skunks, otters, badgers), Genus Mustela, Species M. vison (the American mink).
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Most animals in this order eat meat, although some, like the raccoon, eat meat and plants and some don't eat meat at all. Animals in this order include wolverines, bearded seals, American minks, fishers, long-tailed weasels, red wolves, ...
Stoat (Ermine) Mustela erminea
Least Weasel M. nivalis
European Polecat M. putorius
American Mink M. vison - Introduced
European Otter Lutra lutra
Eurasian Badger Meles meles
European Wildcat Felis sylvestris silvestris ...
 See also: Mink, Weasel, Otter, Coyote, Ferret
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