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Neogale vison (mink)

Osteichthyes - Carnivora - Mustelidae

Taxonomy
Putorius vison was named by Schreber (1777). It is extant.

It was recombined as Mustela vison by Gidley (1913), Hay (1914), Hay (1923), Hay (1930), Hall (1936), Kurten and Anderson (1980), Mead and Mead (1989), Marmi et al. (2004); it was recombined as Lutreola vison by Matthew (1915); it was recombined as Neogale vison by Patterson et al. (2021); it was recombined as Neovison vison by Baryshnikov (2009), Eshelman et al. (2025).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1777Putorius vison Schreber
1902Putorius vison Hay p. 768
1913Mustela vison Gidley
1914Mustela vison Hay
1915Lutreola vison Matthew
1923Mustela vison Hay
1930Mustela vison Hay
1936Mustela vison Hall
1980Mustela vison Kurten and Anderson p. 151
1989Mustela vison Mead and Mead p. 150
2004Mustela vison Marmi et al. p. 489
2009Neovison vison Baryshnikov p. 75
2021Neogale vison Patterson et al.
2025Neovison vison Eshelman et al. p. 132

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
—Pancarnivora
—CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
—CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
suborderCaniformiaKretzoi 1943
infraorderCanoidea(Simpson 1931)
superfamilyArctoideaFlower 1869
—Mustelida
familyMustelidaeBatsch 1788
subfamilyMustelinaeFischer 1817
genusNeogaleGray 1865
speciesvison(Schreber 1777)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Neogale vison Schreber 1777 [mink]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean

Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: amphibiouss
Diet: carnivoref
Diet 2: omnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2011-04-25 12:10:49
Modified: 2012-04-16 20:13:49
Source: s = species, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Gebo and Rose 1993

Age range: base of the Irvingtonian to the top of the Holocene or 1.40000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Maryland) Mustela vison (20302)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Colorado) Mustela vison (20559)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Arkansas) Mustela vison (20290)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Nebraska) Mustela vison (20501)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Kansas) Mustela vison (20301 20423)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Utah) Mustela vison (20641)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Mustela vison (93103)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Mustela vison (82258 103991 104758)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (West Virginia) Mustela vison (93332 124198)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0USA (Nevada) Mustela vison (93291)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0USA (Utah) Mustela vison (93326)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Ontario) Neovison vison (221863)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Quebec) Mustela vison (224189) Mustela vison, Neovison vison (221970)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Maine) Lutreola vison (192281) Putorius vison (176524)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Massachusetts) Putorius vison (176525)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Ohio) Neovison vison (195062 195066 195069)