Taxonomy Profile: Mustela vison (Schreber 1777)

Mustela vison: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Species
Synonym(s):
Neovison vison
Schreber 1777
Common Name(s):
mink []
vison d'Amérique []
American Mink []
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Mustela vison: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Bilateria
Infrakingdom : Deuterostomia
Phylum : Chordata
chordates |
cordado |
cordés |
Subphylum : Vertebrata
vertebrates |
vertebrado |
vertébrés |
Infradivision : Gnathostomata
Superclass : Tetrapoda
Class : Mammalia
mammals |
mamífero |
mammifères |
Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Eutheria
Order : Carnivora
carnivores |
cachorro do mato |
carnívoro |
gato do mato |
lontra |
carnivores |
Suborder : Caniformia
dog-like carnivores |
Family : Mustelidae
mustelids |
Subfamily : Mustelinae
wolverines |
martens |
weasels |
Genus : Mustela
ermines |
ferrets |
minks |
weasels |
Species : Mustela vison
mink |
vison d'Amérique |
American Mink |
Mustela vison Direct Children(s):
Mustela vison halilimnetes
(Humphrey and Setzer 1989)
Mustela vison aestuarina
(Ginnell 1916)
Mustela vison letifera
(Hollister 1913)
Mustela vison lowii
(Anderson 1945)
Mustela vison vison
(Schreber 1777)
Mustela vison mink
(Peale and Palisot de Beauvois 1796)
Mustela vison ingens
(Osgood 1900)
Mustela vison: References
Expert(s):
Expert:
W. Christopher Wozencraft
Notes:
Division of Natural Sciences, Bethel College, 1001 W. McKinley Ave., Mishawaka, IN 46545
Reference for:
Mustela vison
Expert:
Alfred L. Gardner
Notes:
Curator of North American mammals and Chief of Mammal Section, National Biological Service, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, USA
Reference for:
Mustela vison
Source(s):
Source:
NODC Taxonomic Code
Acquired:
1996-07-29
Notes:
Reference for:
Mustela vison
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1987-01-01 / 1987-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Resource Publication, no. 166
Page(s):
79
Publisher:
United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service
Publication Place:
Washington, D.C., USA
ISBN/ISSN:
/
Notes:
Reference for:
Mustela vison
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2000-01-01 / 2000-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Common Names of Mammals of the World
Page(s):
xiv + 204
Publisher:
Smithsonian Institution Press
Publication Place:
Washington, DC, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
1-56098-383-3/
Notes:
With contributions by Bernadette N. Graham, Adam P. Potter, and Mariana M. Upmeyer
Reference for:
Mustela vison
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1992-01-01 / 1993-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing
Page(s):
xviii + 1207
Publisher:
Smithsonian Institution Press
Publication Place:
Washington, DC, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
1-56098-217-9/
Notes:
Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing
Reference for:
Mustela vison
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2005-10-01 / 2005-10-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2
Page(s):
2142
Publisher:
Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication Place:
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-8018-8221-4/
Notes:
Reference for:
Mustela vison
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Harding, Larisa E., and Felisa A. Smith
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2009-09-01 / 2009-09-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Mustela or Vison? Evidence for the taxonomic status of the American mink and a distinct biogeographic radiation of American weasels
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, vol. 52, no. 3
Page(s):
632-642
Publisher:
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
/1055-7903
Notes:
doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2009.05.036
Reference for:
Mustela vison
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Larivière, Serge
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1999-05-05 / 1999-05-05
Article/Chapter Title:
Mustela vison
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammalian Species, no. 608
Page(s):
1-9
Publisher:
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
/0076-3519
Notes:
Available online at https://www.jstor.org/stable/i282217
Reference for:
Mustela vison
Mustela vison: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Europe & Northern Asia (excluding China)
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Alaska / Native
Mustela vison: Comments
Comment:
Status: IUCN - Extinct as Mustela macrodon
Comment:
Comments: Last collected in 1894. Manville (1966) argued that recently extinct form macrodon is conspecific with vison, although Kurtén and Anderson (1980) and Mead et al. (2000) recognized it as a distinct species