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Mustela lutreola (European Mink)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The European mink (Mustela lutreola), also known as the Russian mink, is a semiaquatic species of mustelid native to Europe. It is similar in colour to the American mink, but is slightly smaller and has a less specialised skull. Despite having a similar name, build and behaviour, the European mink is not closely related to the American mink, being much closer to the European polecat and Siberian weasel (kolonok). The European mink occurs primarily by forest streams unlikely to freeze in winter. It primarily feeds on voles, frogs, fish, crustaceans and insects.
View Wikipedia Record: Mustela lutreola

Infraspecies

Mustela lutreola biedermanni (European mink)
Mustela lutreola binominata (European mink)
Mustela lutreola cylipena (European mink)
Mustela lutreola lutreola (European mink)
Mustela lutreola novikovi (European mink)
Mustela lutreola transsylvanica (European mink)
Mustela lutreola turovi (European mink)

Endangered Species

Status: Critically Endangered
View IUCN Record: Mustela lutreola

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
2
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
47
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 4.57
EDGE Score: 3.8
Learn more at EDGE of Existence programme

Attributes

Gestation [3]  54 days
Litter Size [3]  4
Litters / Year [2]  1
Maximum Longevity [3]  8 years
Snout to Vent Length [2]  16 inches (40 cm)
Water Biome [1]  Rivers and Streams
Weaning [3]  57 days
Adult Weight [2]  1.559 lbs (707 g)
Birth Weight [3]  8 grams
Female Weight [2]  1.197 lbs (543 g)
Male Weight [2]  1.92 lbs (871 g)
Weight Dimorphism [2]  60.4 %
Diet [4]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Carnivore (Vertebrates)
Diet - Endothermic [4]  80 %
Diet - Invertibrates [4]  20 %
Forages - Ground [4]  100 %
Female Maturity [3]  10 months 23 days
Male Maturity [3]  10 months 23 days

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Caucasus Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Russia, Turkey No
Mediterranean Basin Algeria, Egypt, France, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Portugal, Spain, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey No

Consumers

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org
♦ 2Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 3de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
♦ 4Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 5Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0