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WILDLIFE SPECIES: Mustela vison | Mink 



ABBREVIATION : 
MUVI

COMMON NAMES : 
   mink
   American mink
   North American mink


TAXONOMY : 
The currently accepted scientific name of mink is Mustela vison
Schreber. It belongs to the weasel family (Mustelidae) [17].  There are
15 currently accepted mink subspecies [17,23].


ORDER : 
Carnivora

CLASS : 
Mammal

FEDERAL LEGAL STATUS : 
See OTHER STATUS

OTHER STATUS : 
The Everglades mink (Mustela vison evergladensis) has been considered
for Federal listing as threatened.  Mink have a disjunct distribution in
southern Florida; there is one population near Lake Okeechobee, and
another in the Big Cypress Swamp-Everglades National Park area.  A
search for Everglades mink resulted in mink sightings mostly northeast
of the Everglades; the animals observed were not confirmed as belonging
to the Everglades subspecies.  Layne [21] also reported mink from Big
Cypress to the western coast of Florida.  There were not enough data to
determine relative or absolute mink densities in the area [33].


COMPILED BY AND DATE : 
Janet Sullivan, March 1996


LAST REVISED BY AND DATE : 
NO-ENTRY


AUTHORSHIP AND CITATION : 
Sullivan, Janet. Mustela vison. 1996. In: Remainder of Citation

Related categories for Wildlife Species: Mustela vison | Mink