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The American mink is a carnivorous animal that feeds on rodents, fish, crustaceans, amphibians, and birds. It kills vertebrate prey by biting the back of the head or neck, leaving canine puncture marks 9–11 mm (0.35–0.43 in) apart. [25] The American mink often kills birds, including larger species like seagulls and cormorants, by drowning ...
The domestic mink was given its trinomial name Neogale vison domesticus (then Mustela vison f. domesticus) by Eddy Decuypere in his work Is the Mink Domesticated? from 2011. [6] Formerly, all mink (including the sea mink) were placed in the genus Mustela. A 2000 study reclassified the domestic mink, American mink, and sea mink into the genus ...
2013: A North American River Otter runs around in the snow and hides in its hollowed-out log. American Mink and Northern River Otters have long, slender bodies and relatively long tails. Mink are ...
The American mink falls into the category of furbearers under the DNR's classification of animals used for their resources. Furbearers are mammals whose fur has commercial value, according to the ...
The Atlantic salt marsh mink is different than other kinds of mink by its medium size and large head. [5] The subspecies' teeth are large, and the only other kind of mink that has upper molars as large is the Southern mink of Louisiana (Neogale vison vulgivaga). [6] Its tail is rather shorter than other kinds of mink. [7]
Minks in motion are a sight to behold as a pair of parentless pups move from the Ohio Wildlife Center to Battelle Darby Creek Metro Park's prairies.
Badger Marten Mink North American river otter. Order: Carnivora Family: Mustelidae. Wolverine, Gulo gulo extirpated; North American river otter, Lontra canadensis; Pacific marten, Martes caurina; Black-footed ferret, Mustela nigripes reintroduced; American ermine, Mustela richardsonii; Long-tailed weasel, Neogale frenata; American mink, Neogale ...
The black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes), also known as the American polecat [4] or prairie dog hunter, [5] is a species of mustelid native to central North America. The black-footed ferret is roughly the size of a mink and is similar in appearance to the European polecat and the Asian steppe polecat. It is largely nocturnal and solitary ...