Common Name
American Mink
Order
Carnivora
Family
Mustelidae
Species Name
Neovison vison
Status
Common
States
Alaska
Alabama
Arkansas
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Iowa
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Massachusetts
Maryland
Maine
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
North Carolina
North Dakota
Nebraska
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New York
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Virginia
Vermont
Washington
Wisconsin
West Virginia
Wyoming
Distribution
Alaska and contiguous 48 states, except for arid west and southwest.
Notes
Though taken for their fur, ranched mink have relieved the pressure on wild ones. Mink eat crayfish, fish, frogs, and small rodents along with any other animals they can capture and kill. Semi-aquatic. Inhabits areas near water. Good swimmer. Formerly in