Европейская норка

#animaldocumentary European mink documentary facts The European mink, also known as the Russian mink and Eurasian mink, is a semiaquatic species of mustelid native to Europe. It is similar in colour to the American mink, but is slightly smaller and has a less specialized skull. It occurs primarily by forest streams unlikely to freeze in winter. It primarily feeds on voles, frogs, fish, crustaceans and insects. It is listed by the I-U-C-N as Critically Endangered due to an ongoing reduction in numbers, having been calculated as declining more than 50% over the past three generations . Numbers began to shrink during the 19th century, with the species rapidly becoming extinct in some parts of Central Europe. During the 20th century, mink numbers declined all throughout their range, the reasons for which having been hypothesised to be due to a combination of factors, including climate change, competition with the introduced American mink, habitat destruction, declines in crayfish numbers and hybridisatio