Species Detail - American Mink (Neovison vison) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Northern Ireland Mammal Database".

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
522
106
32
26/11/1968
30/07/2015
1 January (recorded in 1981)
27 December (recorded in 1994)
Centre for Data and Environmental Recording (CEDaR), Northern Ireland Mammal Database, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, American Mink (Neovison vison), accessed 16 September 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/230/Species/272264>

Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)