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Scientific Name

Mustela vison

Scientific Name w/ Auth.

Mustela vison Schreber, 1777

Park

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (SLBE)

Sensitive

No

Park Accepted

Accepted

Record Status

Approved

Park Preferred Common Names

Mink

Park Synonyms

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom	Animalia
Subkingdom	Bilateria
Infrakingdom	Deuterostomia
Phylum	Chordata
Subphylum	Vertebrata
Infraphylum	Gnathostomata
Superclass	Tetrapoda
Class	Mammalia
Subclass	Theria
Infraclass	Eutheria
Order	Carnivora
Suborder	Caniformia
Family	Mustelidae
Subfamily	Mustelinae
Genus	Mustela
Species	Mustela vison

Occurrence

Present

Occurrence Notes

Data Source: Belant et al. 2006

Nativeness

Native

Nativeness Notes

Data Source: Whitaker and Hamilton 1998

Abundance

Uncommon

Abundance Notes

Uncommon in western Leelanau County.; Data Source: Hatt 1923

Seasonality Tags

Breeder
Data Source: Whitaker and Hamilton 1998

Threatened Endangered Status

State Species of Concern statuses

Ozone Sensitive Status

NatureServe GRank

NatureServe SRank

Observations

0

References

3

Vouchers

0

External Links

0

Evidence counts shown include evidence for related synonyms.

Created By

DML

Created Date

8/23/2000 12:00:00 AM

Last Modified By

Leah Kainulainen

Last Modified Date

1/29/2007 12:00:00 AM

Notes

Park Species Data Source: Hatt, R. T. 1923. The Land Vertebrate Communities of Western Leelanau County, Michigan with an Annotated List of the Mammals of the County. Papers of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts and Letters. III:369-401. Belant et al. 2006. Does the cougar inhabit Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore? Natural Areas Journal 26:370-375. Whitaker, John O., Jr., and William J. Hamilton, Jr. 1998. Mammals of the Eastern United States. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. 583 pp.

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