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GENUS Neovison

Author:Baryshnikov and Abramov, 1997.
Citation:Zool. Zhurnal, 76(12): 1408.
Type Species:Mustela vison Schreber, 1777.
Comments:Commonly included in Mustela, separated accordingly to Abramov (1999). There are significant differences between the American mink and Mustela (and other Mustelidae) according to cytogenetic and biochemical data. The level of these differences is higher then differences among Mustela species (Belyaev et al., 1980; Brinck et al., 1983; Graphodatsky et al., 1976; Kurose et al., 2000; Lushnikova et al., 1989; Taranin et al., 1991). The analyses by Graphodatsky et al. (1976), Youngman (1982), and Kurose et al. (2000) support significant divergence of vison from the Mustela lineage. Masuda and Yoshida (1994a) argued that inclusion of vison in Mustela would make Mustela paraphyletic.
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Offspring:

SPECIES macrodon

SPECIES vison

SUBSPECIES vison

SUBSPECIES aestuarina

SUBSPECIES aniakensis

SUBSPECIES energumenos

SUBSPECIES evagor

SUBSPECIES evergladensis

SUBSPECIES ingens

SUBSPECIES lacustris

SUBSPECIES letifera

SUBSPECIES lowii

SUBSPECIES lutensis

SUBSPECIES melampeplus

SUBSPECIES mink

SUBSPECIES nesolestes

SUBSPECIES vulgivaga

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