AnAge entry for Neovison vison

Classification (HAGRID: 02201)

Taxonomy: Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
        Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
            Order: Carnivora
                Family: Mustelidae
                    Genus: Neovison
Species: Neovison vison
Common name: American mink
Synonyms: Mustela vison

Maximum longevity: 11.4 years (captivity)
Source: ref. 671
Sample size: Small
Data quality: Acceptable
Observations: In the wild, these animals may live up to 10 years [0542]. In captivity they may live 11.4 years [0671].

[0671] Richard Weigl (2005), Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World
[0036] Savage et al. (2004), The predominance of quarter-power scaling in biology
[0420] White and Seymour (2003), Mammalian basal metabolic rate is proportional to body mass2/3 (PubMed)
[0610] Ernest (2003), Life history characteristics of placental non-volant mammals
[0434] Ronald Nowak (1999), Walker's Mammals of the World
[0441] William Burt et al. (1998), A Field Guide to Mammals
[0344] Anderson et al. (1993), Subclinical lumbar polyradiculopathy, polyneuritis and ganglionitis in aged wild and exotic mammalians (PubMed)
[0455] Virginia Hayssen et al. (1993), Asdell's Patterns of Mammalian Reproduction: A Compendium of Species-Specific Data
[0542] Bernhard Grzimek (1990), Grzimek's Encyclopedia of Mammals
[0343] Hadlow (1987), Chronic corneal edema in aged ranch mink (PubMed)
[0680] Wootton (1987), The effects of body mass, phylogeny, habitat, and trophic level on mammalian age at first reproduction
[0731] Zullinger et al. (1984), Fitting sigmoid equations to mammalian growth curves