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Mink
American Mink | European Mink | Mustela lutreola | Mustela macrodon | Mustela vison | Sea Mink | Mink, American | Mink, European | Mink, Sea | Minks | Minks, Sea | Sea Minks
Carnivores of genus Mustela of the family Mustelidae. Although widely trapped for commercial purposes, the fur of the European mink is not as valuable as that of the American mink. At present it is found only in the Soviet Union, Finland, eastern Poland, parts of the Balkans, western France, and northern Spain. The American mink, raised mostly commercially, has been introduced into the Soviet Union, and escaped animals have established populations in Iceland, Ireland, Great Britain, Scandinavia, and Germany. (Walker's Mammals of the World, 5th ed, p1111-2) |
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