A potential threat to the Pampas Biome: the introduction of American mink, Neovison vison (Schreber, 1777) in Uruguay

Figures & data

Figure 1. Map of the study area including the protected area with managed resources Humedales de Santa Lucía, of the National System of Protected Areas, Montevideo, Uruguay. Records of feral mink (Orange dots) and fur farm (black star) are indicated.

Table 1. Minks records in Melilla, Montevideo Department, Uruguay. UTM 21S coordinate system, Datum WGS 1984

LATITUDE	LONGITUDE	DATE (MONTH/YEAR)	NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS	ENVIRONMENT	INDIVIDUAL CONDITION
−34.745333	−56.287444	02/2010	1	HOUSE	Alive
−34.789583	−56.292000	05/2012	1	HOUSE	Dead, domestic dog attack
−34.777472	−56.296278	07/2012	1	RIPARIAN FORES/GRASSLAND	Dead, hit by a vehicle on a bridge
−34.779833	−56.291889	08/2012	1	HOUSE	Alive
−34.792806	−56.303750	04/2013	1	RIPARIAN FORES/GRASSLAND	Dead, hit by a vehicle on a bridge
−34.792495	−56.287909	02/2018	2	HOUSE	Dead, domestic dog attack
−34.797304	−56.292058	02/2018	2	STREET ROAD	Alive, on a road
−34.791784	−56.289783	08/2018	1	HOUSE	Dead, domestic dog attack
−34.792495	−56.287909	08/2018	1	HOUSE	Dead, domestic dog attack
−34.772525	−56.290269	10/2018	1	STREET ROAD	Alive, on a bridge
−34.791784	−56.289783	01/2019	1	HOUSE	Dead, domestic dog attack
−34.793519	−56.290980	01/2019	2	STREET ROAD	Alive
−34.802160	−56.297904	08/2019	1	HOUSE	Alive
−34.789612	−56.298801	11/2019	1	STREET ROAD	Alive
−34.792495	−56.287909	12/2019	2	HOUSE	Dead, domestic dog attack
−34.791784	−56.289783	01/2020	3	HOUSE	Dead, domestic dog attack
−34.792495	−56.287909	01/2020	3	HOUSE	Dead, domestic dog attack
−34.793519	−56.290980	01/2020	1	HOUSE	Dead, domestic dog attack
−34.789959	−56.293810	02/2020	1	STREET ROAD	Alive
−34.799823	−56.285784	02/2020	1	STREET ROAD	Alive
−34.793576	−56.280265	02/2020	1	STREET ROAD	Alive
−34.782961	−56.293556	03/2020	2	STREET ROAD	Alive
−34.795878	−56.294503	05/2020	2	STREET ROAD	Alive
−34.796181	−56.308708	06/2020	1	STREET ROAD	Dead, hit by a vehicle on a road
−34.796417	−56.309139	06/2020	1	STREET ROAD	Dead, hit by a vehicle on a road (MNHN 8208)

Figure 2. Feral American mink records in Melilla, Montevideo Department, Uruguay (a). Most records were from anthropogenic areas, such as roads or bridges (b), or houses, commonly detected by domestic dogs (c).