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- Species - American Mink - Neogale vison
American Mink - Neogale vison
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Montane - Subalpine Forest and Woodland
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Wet Meadow and Marsh
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References
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- Nowak, R.M. 1991. Walker's mammals of the world. Fifth edition. Volumes I and II. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. 1629 pp.
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