Mustela macrodon
– Extinct
Taxonomy
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Kingdom:
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ANIMALIA
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Phylum:
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CHORDATA
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Class:
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MAMMALIA
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Order:
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CARNIVORA
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Family:
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MUSTELIDAE
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Scientific Name:
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Mustela macrodon
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Species Authority:
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Prentis, 1903
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Common Name/s:
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Taxonomic Notes:
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Some consider this conspecific with M. vison. There are also arguments to place M. macrodon and M. vison into a separate genus Neovison.
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Assessment Information
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Red List Category & Criteria:
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EX ver 3.1 (2001)
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Year Assessed:
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2002
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Assessor/s:
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Mustelid, Viverrid & Procyonid Specialist Group
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Evaluator/s:
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Maran, T. & Wirth, R. (Mustelid Red List Authority)
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Justification:
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This species was thought to have survived until about 1894 in New Brunswick (Campbell 1988, Nowak 1999), however, it was uncertain whether specimens belonged to this species or to M. vison. The most recent report (Mead et al. 2000) substantiates the validity of this species and records an estimated extinction date of 1860.
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Geographic Range
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Countries:
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Regionally extinct:
United States (Maine, Massachusetts - regionally extinct (uncertain origin))
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Habitat and Ecology
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System:
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Terrestrial; Marine
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Bibliography
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Bibliography:
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Campbell, R.R. 1988. Status of the sea mink, Mustela macrodon, in Canada. Canadian Field-Naturalist 102: 304-306. Mead, J.I., Speiss, A.E., and Sobolik, K.D. 2000. Skeleton of extinct North American sea mink (Mustel macrodon). Quat. Res. 53: 247-262. Nowak, R.M. (ed.) 1999. Walkers Mammals of the World. Sixth edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London.
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