American mink - Mustela vison (original) (raw)
American mink - Mustela vison Schreber, 1777
Quick facts
Threat status Europe | Not evaluated (IUCN) |
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Reported as invasive by | NOBANIS,see alsofact sheet |
Most preferred habitats | rivers and lakeswetlands |
May also occur in | grasslandheathland and shrubwoodland and forest |
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Distribution
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Threat and conservation status
IUCN Red List status of threatened species
The IUCN Red List threat status assesses the risk of extinction.
IUCN Red List Category
Not Evaluated | Near Threatened | Regionally Extinct |
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Not Applicable | Vulnerable | Extinct in the Wild |
Data Deficient | Endangered | Extinct |
Least Concern | Critically Endangered |
EU conservation status
The EU conservation status is assessed for species mentioned in the EU Habitats Directive annexes. The EU Habitats Directive does not cover this species.
Natura 2000 sites
Not available
Legal status
Not listed in legal texts
Common names and synonyms
Other resources
Fauna Europaea | Fauna Europaea |
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GBIF | Global Biodiversity Information Facility |
ITIS (invalid) | Interagency Taxonomic Information System |
NCBI search | National Center for Biotechnology Information |
PESI (Accepted) | Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure |
Wikipedia | Wikipedia |
External data
No external data sets available for this species