Sea Mink

Neovison macrodon

• Group: Otter
• For divers: safe
• IUCN status: EX

A coastal relative of the mink that hunted along the rocky shores and islands of the northwest Atlantic, spending much of its life in the water. It fed almost entirely on intertidal and shallow prey, and trapping for its fur drove it to extinction.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Chordata › Mammalia › Carnivora › Mustelidae › Neovison

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 404093.