Mink

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Mink

• By
• Brandyn Strack
• October 2008

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Classification System

• KinddomAnimalia
• Phylum Chordata
• Class Mammalia
• Order Carnivora
• Family Mustelidae
•  Genus Mustela
• SpeciesVirginianus

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Habitat

• Canda
• Lower 48 states
• Alaska
• Ponds,River,Marshes,locuted

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Shelter

• Dig brurrow above water eage
• May take over muskrat loge
• Under ground nest line with fur and feathers
• For mom babies

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Diet

• Fish, Frogs, insects, crayfish,worms, mice,birds,
  mouse, snake, chimunk
• Hunt rabbit
• Hunt shore lines
• Sharp teeth kill prey
• Travel sevrel miles for food
• At five weeks hunt with mother

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Adaptations

• Nocturnal
• Active at night
• Dive 18 feet deep
• Swim 90ft under water
• Ative through
• Execpt for coldest wether

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Fun and Unusual facts

• Secert lives
• Produce strong meskey sent
• 1 ½ to 3 ¾ lbs
• Length

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Works Cited

• Powell, Roger A. Mink. World Book. 2006.
  2006.
• NatureWorks. Update N/A. New Hampshire Public
  Television. 30 Sept. 2008 lthttp//www.nhptv.org/n
  atureworks/nw4.htmgt
• Stone Lynn M. Minks. Vero Beach, FL Rourke, 1995.