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The American mink (Neogale vison) is a semiaquatic species of mustelid native to North America, though human introduction has expanded its range to many parts of Europe, Asia, and South America. Because of range expansion, the American mink is classed as a least-concern species by the IUCN . [ 1 ]
A 2021 study into New World weasels determined that the genus Neovison would be merged with Amazon weasel, Colombian weasels and long-tailed weasels to form the new genus Neogale. [ 8 ] Fur-farmed mink are believed to have been descended from the Eastern mink ( Neogale vison vison ), the Kenai mink ( Neogale vison melampeplus ), and the Alaskan ...
Mink American mink (Neogale vison) Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Carnivora Family: Mustelidae Subfamily: Mustelinae Species included Neogale vison Mustela lutreola † Neogale macrodon European mink (Mustela lutreola) Mink are dark-colored, semiaquatic, carnivorous mammals of the genera Neogale and Mustela and part of the ...
Neogale (colloquially referred to as the New World weasels) is a genus of carnivorous, highly active small mammals belonging to the Mustelidae family (which also contains badgers, weasels, martens, otters, and wolverines, among others).
Domestic mink (Neogale vison domesticus) [54] Eastern mink (Neogale vison vison), Kenai mink (N. v. melampeplus) and Alaskan mink (N. v. ingens) Early 1860s Cassadaga Lakes, New York fur, hunting, pest control, pets Some physical and psychological changes Somewhat common in the wild and in captivity 1c Carnivora: Domesticated silver fox (Vulpes ...
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The sea mink (Neogale macrodon) is a recently extinct species of mink that lived on the eastern coast of North America around the Gulf of Maine on the New England seaboard. It was most closely related to the American mink (Neogale vison), with continuing debate about whether or not the sea mink should be considered a subspecies of the American mink (as Neogale vison macrodon) or a species of ...
Subspecies: Neogale vison vison (Maine, all but southernmost New Hampshire, and all but southernmost Vermont) and Neogale vison mink (southernmost New Hampshire, southernmost Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island) according to Hall (1981).