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SPECIES Neovison macrodon

Author:Prentis, 1903.
Citation:Pro. U.S. Natl. Mus., 26: 887.
Common Name:Sea mink
Type Locality:"Brooklin, Handcock County, Maine." [Brooklin archaeological site on Black Isl, Maine].
Distribution:Formerly found along the coasts of Canada (New Brunswick) and USA (Maine).
Status:IUCN – Extinct as Mustela macrodon.
Comments:Last collected in 1894. Manville (1966) argued that recently extinct form macrodon is conspecific with vison, although Kurtén and Anderson (1980) and Mead et al. (2000) recognized it as a distinct species.
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    antiquus (Loomis, 1911)

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