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Click here to go back Details of this species in Tierra del Fuego (Argentina) Status: Alien Invasiveness: Invasive Occurrence: Reported Source: Anderson and Maley, 2004 Arrival Date: 1940s Introduction: Unknown Species Notes for this Location: Mustela vison (American mink) were raised in farms located in Río Grande city on Tierra del Fuego, and some reportedly escaped into the wild in the 1960s. In 1998, they were reported as present although not common in the central and northern parts of Chilean Tierra del Fuego (Venegas and Sielfeld, 1998; in Jaksic et al. 2002). In 2001 it was reported that a mink from Tierra del Fuego had swum across the Beagle Channel to Navarino Island (Martinez, 2001; in Jaksic et al. 2002). Management Notes for this Location: Location Notes: Impacts: Competition: Mustela vison competes with otters in Tierra del Fuego. Economic/Livelihoods Human nuisance Interaction with other invasive species Predation Last Modified: 13/03/2006 12:34:07 p.m.