Biology:Neovison
| Neovison | |
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| American mink (Neovison vison) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Mustelidae |
| Subfamily: | Mustelinae |
| Genus: | Neovison Baryshnikov & Abramov, 1997 |
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| Native (red) and introduced (pink) range of the American mink (N. vison) | |
Neovison is a former genus of mustelids native to North America that consisted of two species, the extant American mink (Neovison vison) and the sea mink (Neovison macrodon), which was driven to extinction by human fur traders some time between 1860 and 1920.
The genus was originally proposed as a subgenus of Mustela in 1997, but uplifted to generic rank in 2000 using an unsupported tree of relationships that proposed Neovison as being the sister genus to Mustela. However, later genetic studies found Neovison to be within Mustela. A 2021 study affirmed Neovison to be nested within a "New World" clade of weasels that also includes the long-tailed, Amazon, and Colombian weasels, all of which were reclassified in the genus Neogale.[1]
Species
| Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
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| File:The Canadian field-naturalist (1988) (20332897078).jpg | † N. macrodon | Sea mink | Maritime Provinces in Canada , New England in the United States ; now extinct |
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N. vison | American mink | North America (United States and Canada ); introduced to other parts of the world |
References
- ↑ Patterson, Bruce D.; Ramírez-Chaves, Héctor E.; Vilela, Júlio F.; Soares, André E. R.; Grewe, Felix (2021). "On the nomenclature of the American clade of weasels (Carnivora: Mustelidae)". Journal of Animal Diversity 3 (2). ISSN 2676-685X. https://jad.lu.ac.ir/article-1-132-en.html. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
- Bonesi, Laura; Palazon, Santiago (2007). "The American mink in Europe: Status, impacts, and control". Biological Conservation 134 (4): 470–483. https://www.academia.edu/13248587/The_American_mink_in_Europe_Status_impacts_and_control. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
Wikidata ☰ Q2600180 entry
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