Water-loving Loner

American Mink

(lat.) Neovison vison

Geographic Distribution

Everywhere in the U.S., except for Arizona. Practically everywhere in Canada. Feral on the British Isles (farm animals that fled).

Fantasy names

Mink

Farm housing / Trapping

Primarily held on farms in the U.S., Northern and Eastern Europe

Use

It takes 40 to 60 minks to make a fur coat.

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