Order Carnivora Author Wilson, Don E. Author Reeder, DeeAnn text 2005 The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1 532 628 book chapter 0-8018-8221-4 10.5281/zenodo.7316519 Mustela lutreola Linnaeus 1761 Mustela lutreola Linnaeus 1761 , Fauna Suecica, 2nd ed.: 5 . Type Locality: "Finlandiae aquolis", restricted by Matschie (1912) to "Südwest-Finnland." . Vernacular Names: European Mink . Subspecies: : Subspecies Mustela lutreola subsp. lutreola Linnaeus 1761 Subspecies Mustela lutreola subsp. biedermanni Matschie 1912 Subspecies Mustela lutreola subsp. binominata Ellerman and Morrison-Scott 1951 Subspecies Mustela lutreola subsp. cylipena Matschie 1912 Subspecies Mustela lutreola subsp. novikovi Ellerman and Morrison-Scott 1951 Subspecies Mustela lutreola subsp. transsylvanica Éhik 1932 Subspecies Mustela lutreola subsp. turovi Kuznetsov in Novikov 1939 Distribution: Belarus , Estonia , France , Latvia , Romania , Russia (Europe to the Urals), NE Spain. Formerly Germany , Poland , Austria , Czech Republic , Serbia and Montenegro , Slovakia , Hungary , Bulgaria . Conservation: IUCN – Endangered. Discussion: Youngman (1982 , 1990 ) and Abramov (1999) placed lutreola in subgenus Lutreola . Revised by Matschie (1912) , Novikov (1939) , and Youngman (1982 , 1990 ). Occasional hybrids occur between lutreola and putorius ( Ognev, 1931 ; Tumanov and Abramov, 2002 ; Youngman, 1982 ). Synonyms allocated according to Ellerman and Morrison-Scott (1951) .