MINK 



Species and Subspecies of the Subgenus Lutreola 



^^'Ichre^lf "' ^'"^' ^^^'^ Mmk.~Mustela vison vison 



As described above the smallest of the American Minks 



Found m "Eastern Canada, west to Hudson Bay south in 



interior to Catskill Mountains, New York, and to nSrthem 



l'^^^^- i^^JT^ - ^^^ --^ --^ of 5few 



Common Mink.-l/^^.te/a vison mink (Peale and Beauvois) 



Colored about as m typical vison or slightly darker- larger 



and more robust. Total length, males, 25.5 inches tall 



vertebra, 8.5 inches; hind foot, 2.9 inchts^ Foundin 



Eastern United States, from coast of New England south 



JnH ?1 h^''"''^'"^' ^^^' ^^ ^^^ ^^^^^^or, to central Georgia 



Ta nJ^^^T/ ^^stward through southern Pennsylvania 



and Ohio to Missouri and northeastern Texas." (Hoi S 



Florida -^vcik.—Mustela vison lutensis (Bangs) ^"^^''^ster) 



tail1hor?''''"Tn?.M' Pfi!' '"'f ' '° ""^^^ o^ ''^^^'^ brown; 

 TL^II u- ll^^ length,_ males, 23 inches; tail vertebrae 

 8 mches; hmd foot, 2.8 mches. Found in region along 



to^??Sid1.''^tHXSr^^' '''''' ^^^^ S- '^ C-o^- 

 Southern Mink.— 7lf//5/^/a mow vulgivaga (Bangs) 



Resembling ^r/«^ but paler and smaller. Color uniform 

 light brown rich and lustrous, darker on end of tail; whi?^ 

 on chm and small spot on throat. Total length, Jales 

 24.5 mches; tail vertebra, 7.5 inches; hind foot, 2.9 inches' 

 fh^M— Coast of Louisiana and Mississippi North in 

 (Holl^ter'''''' '"'" ^°"°^' '" northern Louisiana" 

 ^cSfihTf '^ Mink -^f .,,/./« ,,-,,,, letifera Hollister. 

 breast ^Tnf^rr'.r^^ T^^^^ 'P°'' on chin, throat, and 

 frf.T 1. w ^^''^^^' "'^^^S' 26 inches; tail vertebr^ 04 

 inches; hmd foot, 2.9 inches. Found "From northerifwis 

 noXrTlr"'^''" SouthDakota south to northern iTlinoi , 

 northern Missouri, and southern Kansas." (Hollister) 

 Hudson Bay Mink.-lf «.^,/a vison lacustris (Preble) ^ 

 wh ?I ^a^k.^^^ocolate-brown above, a little lighter below- 

 white on chm and irregularly distributed on breast Cd 

 between hmd legs. Total length, males, 27 inches- tail 

 vertebra 8 inches; hind foot, 3 inches. Found n "SerTor 

 of Canada from Great Bear Lake and western shores Cf 



Man??nhi^7 '°".l^ '^;r^^. ^^b^^^^' Saskatchewan and 

 Manitoba to southern North Dakota." (Hollister) 



(B^n^)"^ '' ^^'"^^ Mink.-M.././. vison :lrTrlumenos 



hlT^i"- ^ ^'l\ "^^.^ ^^ ^olor. Color dark sooty brown 

 blackish on tail ; chm white. Total length, males, L inches' 



'4ltem NortVr Y"" '°°^^-9 --hes. p'oundln 



western North America, from northern British Columbia 



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