Species Detail - American Mink (Neovison vison) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "River Biologists' Database (EPA)".

Terrestrial Map - 10km

Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).
Live Map

Marine Map - 50km

Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).
Live Map

Species image

Neovison vison
American Mink
NHMSYS0020774297 RecommendedWell-formed
Invasive Species: EU Invasive Alien Species Regulation No. 1143/2014 || Invasive Species: Regulation S.I. 477/2011 (Ireland) || Invasive Species: High Risk Invasive Species (2013 Report) || Invasive Species: Regulation S.I. 374/2024 (Ireland) || Invasive Species: The Wildlife (Northern Ireland) Order 1985
nevis
(Schreber, 1777)
Terrestrial mammal
Species
17
13
12
18/09/2007
31/08/2015
1 January (recorded in 1981)
27 December (recorded in 1994)
Environmental Protection Agency, River Biologists' Database (EPA), National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, American Mink (Neovison vison), accessed 12 September 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/19/Species/272264>

Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)