American Mink – Neogale vison

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Description

American mink (Neovision vison) is a small species in the family of mustelids (Mustelidae).

Source: FinBIF species descriptions
Description text authors:

Katja Holmala (Luke) – updated 25.8.2016.

Translations added by Luke 2023.

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The map represents observations of this taxon, but it may not be used as a distribution map.

A total of observations in Finland ?
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Observations
  • Total squares
Checklist
FinBIF master checklist
Scientific name
Neogale vison
Author
(Schreber, 1777)
Vernacular names
  • minkki (Finnish)
  • mink (Swedish)
  • American Mink (English)
Identifier
http://tun.fi/MX.47243
Taxon rank
species
Occurrence in Finland
Published from Finland
Status in Finland
  • Anthropogenic
This species is invasive
EstablishmentEstablished
Regulatory Status
  • Finland’s National Strategy on Invasive Alien Species (GR 2012) ?
  • Government Decree on Managing the Risk Caused by Alien Species (704/2019, VN 912/2023) ?
Finnish Regional Red List Category
  • 2019 NA – Not Applicable
  • 2015 NA – Not Applicable
  • 2010 NA – Not Applicable
  • 2000 NE – Not Evaluated
Expert
  • Thomas Lilley
DNA barcode sequences
Neovison vison
25 public records
Informal groups
  • Mammals
jsonrdf+xmlskos (dwc)