Neogale vison

(von Schreber, 1777)

American Mink

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Carnivora
Suborder : Caniformia
Infraorder : Arctoidea
Superfamily : Musteloidea
Family : Mustelidae
Subfamily : Mustelinae
Genus : Neogale

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Schreber, J.C.D. von. 1777. pl. 127B. P. pl. 127B in Schreber, J.C.D. von. 1774-1855. Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur, mit Beschreibungen. Walther, Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31064728

Original name as described

Mustela vison

Type locality

Eastern Canada.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

Canada · United States

Subregion distribution

USA(AL,AK,AR,CA,CO,CT,DE,DC,FL,GA,ID,IL,IN,IA,KS,KY,LA,ME,MD,MA,MI,MN,MS,MO,MT,NE,NV,NH,NJ,NM,NY,NC,ND,OH,OK,OR,PA,RI,SC,SD,TN,TX,UT,VT,VA,WA,WV,WI,WY)

Taxonomy notes

moved to Mustela from Neovison, then to Neogale

Taxonomy notes citation

Harding, L. E., & Smith, F. A. (2009). Mustela or Vison? Evidence for the taxonomic status of the American mink and a distinct biogeographic radiation of American weasels. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 52(3), 632-642. · Patterson, B. D., Ramírez-Chaves, H. E., Vilela, J. F., Soares, A. E. R., & Grewe, F. (2021). On the nomenclature of the American clade of weasels (Carnivora: Mustelidae). Journal of Animal Diversity, 3(2), 1-8.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005879

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Mustela vison lowii

(R. M. Anderson, 1945)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

lowii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

CMN 11558

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

57

Authority publication

Annual Report of the Provancher Society of Natural History, Québec

Putorius vison melampeplus

(D. G. Elliot, 1903)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

melampepla

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMNH:Mamm:9844

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=fd08ff4b-093d-4171-9b2c-2f3e89ecc92d

Authority page

170

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2638262

Authority publication

Field Columbian Museum, Zoölogical Series

Putorius (Lutreola) vulgivagus

(Bangs, 1895)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

vulgivaga

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MCZ:Mamm:BANGS-2751

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:BANGS-2751

Authority page

539

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55624826

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History

Putorius vison energumenos

(Bangs, 1896)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

energumenos

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MCZ:Mamm:BANGS-3555

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:BANGS-3555

Authority page

5

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/56844589

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History

Putorius (Lutreola) lutensis

(Bangs, 1898)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

lutensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MCZ:Mamm:BANGS-7225

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:BANGS-7225

Authority page

229

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/56756075

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History

Mustela vison evagor

(E. R. Hall, 1932)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

evagor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MVZ:Mamm:12479

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://arctos.database.museum/guid/MVZ:Mamm:12479

Authority page

418

Authority publication

University of California Publications in Zoology

Lutreola vison nesolestes

(E. Heller, 1909)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

nesolestes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MVZ:Mamm:201

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://arctos.database.museum/guid/MVZ:Mamm:201

Authority page

259

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29393551

Authority publication

University of California Publications in Zoology

Mustela vison aestuarina

(J. Grinnell, 1916)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

aestuarina

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MVZ:Mamm:23660

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://arctos.database.museum/guid/MVZ:Mamm:23660

Authority page

213

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3336698

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Mustela vison halilimnetes

(Humphrey & Setzer, 1989)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

halilimnetes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

UF:MAM:4619

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/uf/mammals?id=c3d62d09-e38d-456b-8235-8a99011e2d2d

Authority page

249

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Lutreola vison lacustris

(Preble, 1902)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

lacustris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:106872

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3a153d5ae-2878-4e71-8e6d-effea4e2a686

Authority page

66

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25800439

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Mustela vison letifera

(Hollister, 1913)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

letifera

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:188305

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3f94d54f4-7467-470b-9dcc-27ea0d718fb6

Authority page

475

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15706581

Authority publication

Proceedings of the United States National Museum

Mustela vison aniakensis

(J. J. Burns, 1964)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

aniakensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:337939

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/338162a60-6f59-47dd-bb34-61c36f57eef8

Authority page

1073

Authority publication

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Mustela vison evergladensis

(W. J. Hamilton, 1948)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

evergladensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:514830 (= CUMV 3850)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3ea63c356-e384-4132-b0a4-89b5bcbea601

Authority page

139

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34498579

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Lutreola vison ingens

(Osgood, 1900)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

ingens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:A6530

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/340922f02-ee36-4ab2-ad73-7d57aef31338

Authority page

42

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25800101

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Martes rufa

(C. H. Smith, 1842)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

rufa

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

189

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Name usages

  1. Smith (1842:189) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67141)
  2. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Vison lutreocephala

(J. E. Gray, 1865)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

lutreocephala

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

116

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28497047

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Gray (1865:116, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28497047) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/18241)

Putorius vison

(F. W. True, 1885)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

vison

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

609

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306403

Authority publication

Proceedings of the United States National Museum

Name usages

True (1885:609, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306403) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35039)

Lutreola vison energumenos

(V. O. Bailey, 1936)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

energumenos

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

293

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25806220

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

Bailey (1936:293, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25806220) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35313)

Lutreola vison

(V. O. Bailey, 1936)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

vison

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

293

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25806220

Authority publication

North American Fauna

Name usages

Bailey (1936:293, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25806220) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35313)

Neovison vison aestuarina

(Wozencraft, 2005)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

aestuarina

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:655) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Neovison vison aniakensis

(Wozencraft, 2005)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

aniakensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:655) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Neovison vison energumenos

(Wozencraft, 2005)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

energumenos

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:655) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Neovison vison evagor

(Wozencraft, 2005)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

evagor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:655) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Neovison vison evergladensis

(Wozencraft, 2005)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

evergladensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:655) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Neovison vison ingens

(Wozencraft, 2005)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

ingens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:655) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Neovison vison lacustris

(Wozencraft, 2005)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

lacustris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:655) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Neovison vison letifera

(Wozencraft, 2005)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

letifera

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:655) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Neovison vison lowii

(Wozencraft, 2005)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

lowii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:655) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Neovison vison lutensis

(Wozencraft, 2005)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

lutensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:655) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Neovison vison melampeplus

(Wozencraft, 2005)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

melampeplus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:655) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Neovison vison mink

(Wozencraft, 2005)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

mink

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:655) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Neovison vison nesolestes

(Wozencraft, 2005)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

nesolestes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:655) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Neovison vison

(Wozencraft, 2005)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

vison

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:655) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41661) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41661) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)

Neovison vison vison

(Wozencraft, 2005)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

vison

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:655) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Neovison vison vulgivaga

(Wozencraft, 2005)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

vulgivaga

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:655) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)

Neogale vison

B. D. Patterson, Ramírez-Chaves, J. F. Vilela, Soares, & Grewe, 2021

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

vison

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

5

Authority publication

Journal of Animal Diversity

Name usages

  1. Patterson, Ramírez-Chaves, Vilela, Soares & Grewe (2021:5) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58334)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005879) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  3. Schmidly, Bradley, Yancey & Bradley (2024:26) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67259)
  4. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41661/45214988) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Mustela vison

(von Schreber, 1777)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

vison

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

pl. 127B

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31064728

Authority publication

Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur

Name usages

  1. Daudin (1802:163, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033413) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64044)
  2. Lesson (1827:148, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207616) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  3. Lesson (1842:68) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  4. Orr (1949:44) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67164)
  5. Corbet & Hill (1980:96) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  6. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:263) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  7. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:488) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)

Mustela Lutra minx

(Kerr, 1792)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

minx

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Authority page

174

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664198

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Mustela mink

(C. W. Peale & Palisot de Beauvois, 1796)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

mink

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

39

Authority publication

book

Mustela lutreocephala

(Harlan, 1825)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

lutreocephala

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

63

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3194214

Authority publication

Philadelphia

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:149, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207617) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Lesson (1842:68) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  3. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Putorius nigrescens

(Audubon & Bachman, 1854)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

nigrescens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

104

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53706558

Authority publication

New York

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Mustela winingus

(S. F. Baird, 1857)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

winingus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

notusedas_valid

Authority page

177

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58487729

Authority publication

Washington

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Lutreola vison borealis

(E. Brass, 1911)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

borealis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

504

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14911424

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Mustela vison tatarica

(V. A. Popov, 1949)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

tatarica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

135

Authority publication

Trudy kazakhstan. Fil. Akad. Nauk SSSR

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Mustela (Putorius) vison domestica

(Haltenorth, 1955)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

domestica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority publication

book

Lutreola vison altaica

(Ternovskii, 1958)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

altaica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority publication

Novosibirsk

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

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