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American Mink🦡

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SpeciesCarnivoraMustelidae
Carnivores

🦡American mink

Neogale Gray, 1865

Der Amerikanische Nerz oder Mink (Neogale vison, Syn.: Neovison vison, Mustela vison) ist eine Raubtierart aus der Familie der Marder (Mustelidae). Ursprünglich nur in Nordamerika heimisch, ist er als Gefangenschaftsflüchtling aus Pelztierfarmen mittlerweile auch in Europa verbreitet.

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Conservation status
LCLeast concern

IUCN Red List assessment, 2016.

Population trendStable
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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classMammalia
  4. ›orderCarnivora
  5. ›familyMustelidae
  6. ›genusMustela
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In other languages
Wizon amerykański (pl), Neogale vison (fr), Neovison vison (es), amerikai nyérc (hu), Amerikas ūdele (lv), Neovison vison (it) … and 27 more languages

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