American Mink
Neogale vison (Schreber, 1777)
Taxonomy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Class | Mammalia |
| Order | Carnivora |
| Family | Mustelidae |
| Genus | Neogale |
| Species | Neogale vison (Schreber, 1777) |
Description
Diagnostic characters
- Ecological class
- Trogloxene
- Realm
- Terrestrial
Distribution
Range
Known from two counties across two states.
Continent
North America
Country
United States
States and provinces
Georgia, Indiana
Counties
- Georgia
- Walker
- Indiana
- Monroe
Conservation and management
IUCN Red List
LC Least Concern
Assessed in 2016.
NatureServe
G5 Secure
National ranks
- Canada
- N5 Secure
- United States
- N5 Secure
Subnational ranks
- Nunavut
- SU Unrankable
- Manitoba
- S5 Secure
- New Brunswick
- S5 Secure
- Prince Edward Island
- S5 Secure
- Alberta
- S5 Secure
- Quebec
- S5 Secure
- Ontario
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Yukon
- S5 Secure
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- S5 Secure
- Northwest Territories
- S5 Secure
- Saskatchewan
- S5 Secure
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- SNA Not Applicable
- Nova Scotia
- S5 Secure
- British Columbia
- S5 Secure
- Georgia
- S5 Secure
- New York
- S5 Secure
- Pennsylvania
- S5 Secure
- Vermont
- S5 Secure
- Louisiana
- S5 Secure
- Kansas
- S4 Apparently Secure
- New Jersey
- S5 Secure
- Illinois
- S5 Secure
- Arkansas
- S5 Secure
- New Mexico
- S1 Critically Imperiled
- Tennessee
- S5 Secure
- Maryland
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Maine
- S5 Secure
- Oklahoma
- SNR Unranked
- Oregon
- S5 Secure
- Connecticut
- S5 Secure
- North Dakota
- S5 Secure
- Wyoming
- S5 Secure
- Florida
- S5 Secure
- Iowa
- S4 Apparently Secure
- District of Columbia
- S1 Critically Imperiled
- Montana
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Minnesota
- SNR Unranked
- Missouri
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Utah
- S3 Vulnerable
- Alaska
- S5 Secure
- Kentucky
- S5 Secure
- New Hampshire
- S5 Secure
- Rhode Island
- S5 Secure
- Colorado
- S5 Secure
- Nevada
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Washington
- S5 Secure
- Navajo Nation
- S3 Vulnerable
- Wisconsin
- S5 Secure
- California
- SNR Unranked
- South Dakota
- S5 Secure
- Delaware
- S3 Vulnerable
- South Carolina
- S3 Vulnerable
- Nebraska
- S5 Secure
- Texas
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Virginia
- S5 Secure
- Alabama
- S5 Secure
- Ohio
- SNR Unranked
- North Carolina
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Michigan
- S5 Secure
- Idaho
- S3 Vulnerable
- Mississippi
- S5 Secure
- Indiana
- S5 Secure
- Massachusetts
- S5 Secure
- West Virginia
- S4 Apparently Secure
State and federal status
Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act
References
- Banta, A.M. 1907. The fauna of Mayfield's Cave. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 67: 1–114. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/60987.
- Zigler, K.S., Niemiller, M.L., Stephen, C.D.R., Ayala, B.N., Milne, M.A., Gladstone, N.S., Engel, A.S., Jensen, J.B., Camp, C.D., Ozier, J.C. & Cressler, A. 2020. Biodiversity from caves and other subterranean habitats of Georgia, USA. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies 82: 125–167. doi:10.4311/2019LSC0125
How to cite this account
Neogale vison (Schreber, 1777). Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-2705. https://cavebiology.org/species/neogale-vison/ (accessed 7 September 2026).
Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.
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