{"id":8031,"date":"2023-05-03T16:35:26","date_gmt":"2023-05-03T14:35:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rigazoo.lv\/?post_type=animal&#038;p=8031"},"modified":"2023-07-25T11:41:05","modified_gmt":"2023-07-25T09:41:05","slug":"european-mink","status":"publish","type":"animal","link":"https:\/\/rigazoo.lv\/en\/animals\/european-mink\/","title":{"rendered":"European Mink"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n    <div class=\"zoo-animal-details\">\n        <div class=\"born-container is-default\">\n            <div class=\"inner\">\n\n                \n                    <div class=\"item\">\n                        <div class=\"icon\">\n                            <img srcset=\"https:\/\/rigazoo.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Pasaules-Sarkana-gramata-bistami-apdraudeta-suga.png 2x\" alt=\"\">\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"text\">\n                            IUCN Red List: Critically Endangered                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n\n                    \n                    <div class=\"item\">\n                        <div class=\"icon\">\n                            <img srcset=\"https:\/\/rigazoo.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/eiropas-ex-situ-programma.png 2x\" alt=\"\">\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"text\">\n                            EEP (EAZA Ex-situ Programme)                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n\n                    \n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n    \n\n\n<p>European Mink is listed as critically endangered after dramatic population decline because of habitat degradation and the effects of introduced American Mink (<em>Neovison vison<\/em>). The remained wild population is small, fragmented and declining. The species is still found in France, Romania, Russia, Spain and Ukraine. The species is extinct in Austria, Belarus, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech republic, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Montenegro, the Netherlands, Poland, Serbia, Slovakia and Switzerland. The reintroduction programme is ongoing in Estonia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Conservation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u25a0 European Mink is listed as&nbsp;<strong>Critically Endangered&nbsp;<\/strong>in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species since 2011.<br>\u25a0 The species is managed under the&nbsp;<strong>EEP&nbsp;<\/strong>(EAZA Ex-situ Programme), it is coordinated by Tallinn Zoo.<br>\u25a0 Listed in Appendix II of&nbsp;<strong>Bern Convention<\/strong>, as a strictly protected fauna species in Europe.<br>\u25a0 Listed in Annexes II and IV of&nbsp;<strong>EU Habitats and Species Directive<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Taxonomy<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u25a0 Phylum Chordata \u2013 chordates<br>\u25a0 Class Mammalia \u2013 mammals<br>\u25a0 Order Carnivora \u2013 carnivores<br>\u25a0 Family Mustelidae \u2013 mustelids<br>\u25a0 Species&nbsp;<em>Mustela lutreola<\/em>&nbsp;\u2013 European Mink<br>\u25a0 Subspecies&nbsp;<em>Mustela lutreola novikovi&nbsp;<\/em>\u2013 European Mink<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2384,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_editorskit_title_hidden":false,"_editorskit_reading_time":0,"_editorskit_is_block_options_detached":false,"_editorskit_block_options_position":"{}","inline_featured_image":false},"animal-category":[38,36],"animal-filter-1":[],"animal-filter-2":[],"class_list":["post-8031","animal","type-animal","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>European Mink - Zoo<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/rigazoo.lv\/en\/animals\/european-mink\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"European Mink - Zoo\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"European Mink is listed as critically endangered after dramatic population decline because of habitat degradation and the effects of introduced American Mink (Neovison vison). 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