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Neogale vison  (Schreber, 1777)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 1271751

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Mustela vison Schreber, 1777
  
    Neovison vison (Schreber, 1777)
  
  Common Name(s): American Mink [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassMammalia Linnaeus, 1758 – mammifères, mamífero, mammals  
                         SubclassTheria Parker and Haswell, 1897  
                            InfraclassEutheria Gill, 1872  
                               OrderCarnivora Bowdich, 1821 – cachorro do mato, carnívoro, gato do mato, lontra, carnivores, carnivores  
                                  SuborderCaniformia Kretzoi, 1938 – dog-like carnivores  
                                     FamilyMustelidae G. Fischer von Waldheim, 1817 – mustelids  
                                        SubfamilyMustelinae G. Fischer von Waldheim, 1817 – minks, polecats, ermines, ferrets, weasels  
                                           GenusNeogale Gray, 1865  
                                              SpeciesNeogale vison (Schreber, 1777) – American Mink  
    Direct Children:  
                                                 Subspecies Neogale vison aestuarina (Grinnell, 1916)  
                                                 Subspecies Neogale vison aniakensis (Burns, 1964)  
                                                 Subspecies Neogale vison energumenos (Bangs, 1896)  
                                                 Subspecies Neogale vison evagor (Hall, 1932)  
                                                 Subspecies Neogale vison evergladensis (Hamilton, 1948)  
                                                 Subspecies Neogale vison halilimnetes (Humphrey and Setzer, 1989)  
                                                 Subspecies Neogale vison ingens (Osgood, 1900)  
                                                 Subspecies Neogale vison lacustris (Preble, 1902)  
                                                 Subspecies Neogale vison letifera (Hollister, 1913)  
                                                 Subspecies Neogale vison lowii (Anderson, 1945)  
                                                 Subspecies Neogale vison lutensis (Bangs, 1898)  
                                                 Subspecies Neogale vison melampepla (Elliot, 1903)  
                                                 Subspecies Neogale vison mink (Peale and Palisot de Beauvois, 1796)  
                                                 Subspecies Neogale vison nesolestes (Heller, 1909)  
                                                 Subspecies Neogale vison vison (Schreber, 1777)  
                                                 Subspecies Neogale vison vulgivaga (Bangs, 1895)  
       

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  Source: Hesperomys Project (Version 25.3.0), database (version 25.3.0)  
  Acquired: 2025   
  Notes: Zijlstra, J. S. 2025. Hesperomys Project (Version 25.3.0) [Data set]. Zenodo. doi:10.5281/zenodo.15033739   
  Reference for: Neogale vison   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Patterson, Bruce D., Héctor E. Ramírez Chaves, Júlio F. Vilela, André E. R. Soares, and Felix Grewe  
  Publication Date: 2021   
  Article/Chapter Title: On the nomenclature of the American clade of weasels (Carnivora: Mustelidae)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Journal of Animal Diversity, vol. 3, no. 2   
  Page(s): 1-8   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 2676-685X   
  Notes: doi: 10.29252/JAD.2021.3.2.1   
  Reference for: Neogale vison, American Mink [English]   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Europe & Northern Asia (excluding China)  
    North America  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Alaska, Native  
    Canada, Native  
    Continental US, Native  
 

 

    

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