Neovison vison (Schreber, 1777)
(American Mink)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesNeovison vison (American Mink)
FamilyMUSTELIDAE (stoats, weasels, mink, polecats, ferrets, otters, badgers, martens)
SuborderCANIFORMIA (a suborder of terrestrial mammals)
OrderCARNIVORA (carnivores)
ClassMAMMALIA (mammals)
SuperclassTETRAPODA (a superclass of unassigneds)
PhylumCHORDATA (vertebrates)
SuperphylumDEUTEROSTOMIA (deuterostomes)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Birks, J. 1986 Mink 24pp, The Mammal Society
Revels, R. 2006 Adult and juvenile American Mink Vol 17 (6) Page: 426
Smith, S., Booy, O., Wade, M. & White, V. American Mink

Neovison vison (American Mink) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Neovison vison (American Mink)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 5 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Neovison vison (American Mink)
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