adult mink | can swim | |
eats meadow voles, muskrats, shrews, cottontail rabbits, fish, frogs, salamanders, crayfish, insects, birds, earthworms | |
has breeding season February to April | |
has colour brown to almost black, paler on the belly | |
has length 420-620 mm | |
has temperament bold, ferocious and untamable | |
has part anal glands which emit a strong, musky odour | |
has part long neck | |
has part long, thin body | |
has part pointed face | |
has part short legs | |
has part small ears | |
is active all winter | |
is nocturnal | |
is solitary | |
is a kind of mink | |
makes sound cooing, screams, hisses | |
weighs 0.79-2.31 kg | |
mink | has distribution most of Canada south of the treeline except Newfoundland, Anticosti Island and the Queen Charlotte Islands | |
has name in French vison d'Amérique | |
has picture | |
has population density 3 - 8.5 mink per square km of good habitat | |
has scientific name Mustela vison | |
is trapped for fur | |
is eaten by great horned owls, bobcats, red foxes, coyotes, wolves, black bears | |
lives in den under the roots of trees, along stream banks, occasionally in beaver or muskrat lodges | |
weasel | has Family name Family Mustelidae | |
carnivore | has Order name Order Carnivora | |
is carnivorous or omnivorous | |
mammal | is warm-blooded | |
may catch rabies | |