Species Detail - American Mink (Neovison vison) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Mammal Recording Scheme 1970-1985 (An Foras Forbartha)".

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
37
21
11
01/01/1980
31/12/1983
1 January (recorded in 1981)
27 December (recorded in 1994)
Collated by the National Biodiversity Data Centre from different sources, Mammal Recording Scheme 1970-1985 (An Foras Forbartha), National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, American Mink (Neovison vison), accessed 12 September 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/229/Species/272264>

Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)