The American Mink is a sleek, semi-aquatic mustelid with a glossy dark brown coat and a white chin patch. It is an opportunistic predator that hunts along stream banks, diving after fish, frogs, and crayfish. Mink are highly territorial and mark their home ranges with strong-smelling musk secretions.
Habitat
Riparian corridors, wetlands, lake shores, and marshes
Diet
Fish, frogs, crayfish, mice, muskrats, and birds
How common
Common
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