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  2. American mink - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. Mink - Wikipedia

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    Mink are dark-colored, semiaquatic, carnivorous mammals of the genera Neogale and Mustela and part of the family Mustelidae, which also includes weasels, otters, and ferrets. There are two extant species referred to as "mink": the American mink and the European mink. The extinct sea mink was related to the American mink but was much larger.

  4. Domestic mink - Wikipedia

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    Domestic mink differ from their wild ancestors, the American mink, in fur colour, size, thicker pelts, and higher tranquility. [1] Domesticated mink come from fur farms, and are the most common animal raised for their fur, with over 50 million farmed annually. [2] Debate has occurred whether the domestic mink is domesticated or not.

  5. Otters, mink are rare residents of our rivers and streams - AOL

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    The color of the mink is a dark, chocolate brown with a white spot underneath the chin and, occasionally, some additional white spots on the neck and belly. ... Otters are the only North American ...

  6. Frolicking group of mink, including an albino, spark social ...

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    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 ...

  7. List of types of fur - Wikipedia

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    Martens, the American equivalent of the sable, have a fur length of about one and one-half inches long. The color varies from pale grey to orange-brown and dark brown. [4] The American pine marten sports a reddish brown coat and an orange-tinted throat, but their numbers in the wild were depleted until after the turn of the century.

  8. Nature: Here's how Ohio Wildlife Center helped rehabilitate 2 ...

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    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.

  9. Atlantic salt marsh mink - Wikipedia

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    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]