Assertion: american mink | /r/RelatedTo | polecat
Facets:
value: more closely
type: DEGREE
value: than to their north american cousins
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: American mink are believed by some to have contributed to the decline of the less hardy European mink through competition (though not through hybridization—native European mink are in fact more closely related to polecats than to their North American cousins).