Neogale vison (carnivore)

Mass: 950 g based on Harrington et al. 2012 and Bellows and Mitchell 2002

Abundance: 0.02 to 3.09% (median 0.42%)

Latitudinal range: 33.2° to 56.3°

Habitats: (25), temperate broadleaf/mixed forest (4)

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Found in 29 samples

Canada: Lindsay, Canadian National Railway (summer), Canadian National Railway (fall), Charlie Lake Cave (Zone IV) (Holocene), Keffer (Midden 57, screened) (Holocene), Keffer (Midden 57, floated) (Holocene), McNichol Creek (house depression) (Holocene), McNichol Creek (midden) (Holocene), Grassy Bay (Holocene), Irving-Johnston (Holocene)

United States: The Wilds, Ardis (Late Pleistocene), Crystal Ball Cave (Late Pleistocene), Silver Creek (Late Pleistocene), Harrodsburg Crevice (Late Pleistocene), Bluegrass (macro) (Holocene), Bluegrass (micro) (Holocene), Dust Cave (Zones T and U) (Holocene), Hulme Site (Holocene), Pine Hill (Holocene), Scovill (Holocene), Prairie Creek (Zone D) (Late Pleistocene), Meyer Cave (Holocene), Prairie Creek (Zone C) (Pleistocene - Holocene), Prairie Creek (Zone B) (Holocene), Sunshine Locality (Unit E) (Late Pleistocene), Natural Chimneys (Late Pleistocene), Marmes Rockshelter (Harrison horizon) (Pleistocene - Holocene), Cumberland Cave (Middle Pleistocene)

Size measurements:
♀ body mass780 gN = 1Harrington et al. 2012
♀ body mass730 gN = 1Harrington et al. 2012
♀ body mass620 gN = 1Harrington et al. 2012
♀ body mass600 gN = 1Harrington et al. 2012
♀ body mass790 gN = 1Harrington et al. 2012
♀ body mass690 gN = 1Harrington et al. 2012
♀ body mass850 gN = 1Harrington et al. 2012
♀ body mass660 gN = 1Harrington et al. 2012
♀ body mass720 gN = 1Harrington et al. 2012
♀ body mass670 gN = 1Harrington et al. 2012
♂ body mass1800 kgN = 1Bellows and Mitchell 2002
♂ body mass1280 kgN = 1Harrington et al. 2012
♂ body mass1500 kgN = 1Harrington et al. 2012
♂ body mass1730 kgN = 1Harrington et al. 2012
♂ body mass1120 kgN = 1Harrington et al. 2012
♂ body mass1320 kgN = 1Harrington et al. 2012
♂ body mass1520 kgN = 1Harrington et al. 2012
♂ ear length19 mmN = 1Bellows and Mitchell 2002
♂ hind foot length68 mmN = 1Bellows and Mitchell 2002
♂ tail length225 mmN = 1Bellows and Mitchell 2002
♂ total body length641 mmN = 1Bellows and Mitchell 2002

See also Neogale, Neogale africana, Neogale frenata