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 | |
is a kind of weasel | |
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 | |