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American Mink (Mustela vison)

American Mink (Mustela vison)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Carnivora
Family:Mustelidae
Genus:Mustela
Species
Mustela vison
Mustela vison evergladensis
Mustela lutreola
Mustela macrodon


A mink is any of several furry, dark-colored, semi-aquatic, carnivorous mammals of the family Mustelidae, which also includes the weasels and the otters. It is naturally found in North America, northern Europe, and most of Russia west of Ural Mountains. Mink fur has been highly prized for its use in clothing, with hunting giving way to large-scale mink farming. Its treatment has also been a focus of much animal welfare activism.

While mortality is extremely high in the early months of the life of the American Mink, animals that do survive the first year can live as long as three years in the wild. In captivity, mink can live 10–12 years and have on average 4–5 kits per litter once a year. The mink is found in places which suit its habits throughout almost all North America, from Florida to the Arctic. An endangered subspecies, the Everglades Mink (Mustela vison evergladensis), is endemic to the Florida Everglades.

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.[1] Trapping is used to control and eliminate any feral mink.

The European mink is one of the most endangered mammals in the world. The endangered western population of European mink Mustela lutreola has shown a large decline over its natural range. The species has been extinct in central Europe since the beginning of the century and the mink's range is actually fragmented into two population units: an eastern population unit ranging from the Urals and Estonia to the Black sea, a population which is already subdivided into small units, and a western population. Inhabiting mainly forest brooks, the European mink occupies an intermediate semi-aquatic niche between the polecat Mustela putorius and the otter Lutra lutra. Polecats and European mink are able to hybridize achieving natural hybridization events between two native species (as found by Lodé Thierry).

Spieces

M. vison

Binomial name
Mustela vison
(Schreber, 1777)

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Scientific classification or biological classification is a method by which biologists group and categorize species of organisms. Scientific classification also can be called scientific taxonomy, but should be distinguished from folk taxonomy, which lacks scientific basis.
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Chordata
Bateson, 1885

Typical Classes

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Chordates (phylum Chordata) are a group of animals that includes the vertebrates, together with several closely related invertebrates.
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Mammalia
Linnaeus, 1758

Subclasses & Infraclasses
  • Subclass †Allotheria*
  • Subclass Prototheria
  • Subclass Theria

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Carnivora
Bowdich, 1821

Families
  • 17, See classification

The diverse order Carnivora (IPA: /kɑrˈnɪvərə/
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Mustelidae
G. Fischer de Waldheim, 1817

Subfamilies

Lutrinae
Melinae
Mellivorinae
Taxideinae
Mustelinae
Mustelidae or Mustelids (from Latin mustela, weasel), commonly referred to as the weasel family
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Mustela
Linnaeus, 1758

Species

Mustela africana
Mustela altaica
Mustela erminea
Mustela eversmannii
Mustela felipei
Mustela frenata
Mustela kathiah

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M. vison

Binomial name
Mustela vison
(Schreber, 1777)

"The American Mink" is a trademark of the American Legend Cooperative
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mink is any of several furry, dark-colored, semi-aquatic, carnivorous mammals of the family Mustelidae, which also includes the weasels and the otters. It is naturally found in North America, northern Europe, and most of Russia west of Ural Mountains.
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M. lutreola

Binomial name
Mustela lutreola
(Linnaeus, 1761)

The European Mink, Mustela lutreola
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M. macrodon

Binomial name
Mustela macrodon
(Prentiss, 1903)

The Sea Mink, Mustela macrodon, was a little-known North American member of the Mustelidae family.
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carnivore (IPA: /ˈkɑrnɪvɔər/), meaning 'meat eater' (Latin carne meaning 'flesh' and vorare
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Mammalia
Linnaeus, 1758

Subclasses & Infraclasses
  • Subclass †Allotheria*
  • Subclass Prototheria
  • Subclass Theria

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Mustelidae
G. Fischer de Waldheim, 1817

Subfamilies

Lutrinae
Melinae
Mellivorinae
Taxideinae
Mustelinae
Mustelidae or Mustelids (from Latin mustela, weasel), commonly referred to as the weasel family
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Mustela
Linnaeus, 1758

Species

Mustela africana
Mustela altaica
Mustela erminea
Mustela eversmannii
Mustela felipei
Mustela frenata
Mustela kathiah

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Lutrinae

Genera

Amblonyx
Aonyx
Enhydra
Lontra
Lutra
Lutrogale
Pteronura

Otters (Lutrinae) are amphibious (or in one case aquatic) carnivorous mammals.
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North America is a continent [1] in the Earth's northern hemisphere and (chiefly) western hemisphere. It is bordered on the north by the Arctic Ocean, on the east by the North Atlantic Ocean, on the southeast by the Caribbean Sea, and on the south and west
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Anthem
Hymn of the Russian Federation


Capital
(and largest city) Moscow

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The Ural Mountains

Countries | Russia,Kazakhstan
Regions | Sverdlovsk Oblast,Perm Krai,Chelyabinsk Oblast,Kurgan Oblast,Orenburg Oblast,Tyumen Oblast,Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug,Yamalo-Nenets
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fur refers to the body hair of non-human mammals also known as the pelage (like the term plumage in birds). Fur comes from the coats of animals; the animal's coat may consist of short ground hair, long guard hair, and, in some cases, medium awn hair.
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Hunting is the practice of pursuing animals for food, recreation, trade or for their products. In modern use, the term refers to regulated and legal hunting, as distinguished from poaching, which is the killing, trapping or capture of animals contrary to law.
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Fur farming is the practice of breeding or raising certain types of animals for their fur.

The animal most commonly farmed for its fur is the mink. As of 2003, Denmark had the largest fur-farming industry, with 35% of world production.
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Animal welfare is the viewpoint that animals, especially those under human care, should not suffer unnecessarily, including where the animals are used for food, work, companionship, or research.
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Activism, in a general sense, can be described as intentional action to bring about social or political change. This action is in support of, or opposition to, one side of an often controversial argument.
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M. vison

Binomial name
Mustela vison
(Schreber, 1777)

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North America is a continent [1] in the Earth's northern hemisphere and (chiefly) western hemisphere. It is bordered on the north by the Arctic Ocean, on the east by the North Atlantic Ocean, on the southeast by the Caribbean Sea, and on the south and west
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Arctic is the region around the Earth's North Pole, opposite the Antarctic region around the South Pole. In the northern hemisphere, the Arctic includes the Arctic Ocean (which overlies the North Pole) and parts of Canada, Greenland (a territory of Denmark), Russia, the United
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