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--> FAMILY Mustelidae
--> SUBFAMILY Mustelinae
--> GENUS Neovison
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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