- The winter fur of the European mink is very thick and dense, but not long, and quite loosely fitting. ... The European mink is mostly restricted to Europe.
- Where does the European mink live? The main habitats of this creature are Western Siberia, the Caucasus and a number of European forests.
- The European mink (Mustela lutreola ), also known as the Russian mink and Eurasian mink, is a semiaquatic species of mustelid native to Europe.
- The European mink’s tail is shorter than that of the American mink (Neovison vison) and constitutes about 40% of the animal’s total body length.
- The American mink species can’t be the sole reason, as the European mink population decline started before the American mink was introduced to their regions.
- The European Mink is a small mustelid considered the most endangered mammal in Europe.
- Mustela lutreola with the common name European mink, belongs to the Mammals group.
- According to the Animal Diversity Web (ADW) (University of Michigan) resource, the world total populations size of the European mink is less than 30,000 individuals.
- In 2001 the first European minks were introduced back into the Estonian wilderness and have now successfully managed to keep the population stable.
- Once found across Europe and Russia, European Mink is now restricted to very small populations in France, Spain, Romania, Ukraine, Russia and Estonia.