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Taxon: Species Mustela vison Schreber, 1777 - American mink (mammal)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  Schreber, [1777]
Unavailable original name:  Brisson, M.J. 1762. Reg. Anim. (ed. 2): 178. [implicit]
Original name:  Schreber, [1777]:pl. 127.B.
Original generic combination: 

Types

Type of: Vison (Subgenus) Gray, 1843 sensu auct. Ref: W.C. Wozencraft, 1993: 321. [inferred]

Variants

Unavailable name: Vison Brisson, 1762 Ref: J.E. Gray, 1843: 64. [indirect]

Combinations

Subsequent combination: Neovison vison (Schreber, 1777) Ref: W.C. Wozencraft, 2005: 618, 619.
Current combination: Neovison vison (Schreber, 1777) Ref: W.C. Wozencraft, 2005: 618, 619.
Different subgeneric combination: Mustela vison Schreber, 1777

Synonyms

Senior subjective synonym: Vison lutreola (Linnaeus, 1761) Ref: J.E. Gray, 1843: 64. [new]

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

Full name: mink

Vernacular Names (English)

Full name: American mink
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