alpine forget-me-not vs American mink

Myosotis alpestris compared with Mustela vison

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	alpine forget-me-not	American mink
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Boraginales (Boraginales)	Carnivora (Carnivorans)
Family	Boraginaceae	Mustelidae (Weasels & Otters)
Genus	Myosotis	Mustela
Species	Myosotis alpestris	Mustela vison

Conservation Status

alpine forget-me-not

NE — Not Evaluated

American mink

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	alpine forget-me-not	American mink
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

alpine forget-me-not

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Estonia, Finland, Norway, and Sweden.

American mink

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including temperate coniferous forests, montane grasslands and shrublands, and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Mongolia), Europe (9 countries), North America (United States), and South America (Chile, Ecuador).

alpine forget-me-not

The Alpine forget-me-not (Myosotis alpestris) is a species in the genus Myosotis. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions. Distributed across Belgium, Estonia, Finland, Norway, and Sweden.

American mink

The American mink (Mustela vison) is a species in the genus Mustela. Found across multiple habitat types including temperate coniferous forests, montane grasslands and shrublands, and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland en.