Class [Mammalia] Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
Order Carnivora Bowdich, 1821 - carnivores
Family Mustelidae Batsch, 1788 - weasels, badgers, skunks, and otters
Genus Mustela Linnaeus, 1758 - weasels, ermines, stoats, minks, ferrets, and polecats
Mustela vison Schreber, 1777 - American mink
see Neovison vison (Schreber, 1777)