Assertion: american mink's relative | /r/HasProperty | european mink
Facets:
value: due to past hybridization
type: CAUSE
Source sentences:
text: The American mink is prized worldwide for its lustrous fur, but its introduction into countries other than its native United States has caused a threat to its relative, the European mink.
text: Genetic analyses indicate, rather than being closely related to the American mink, the European mink's closest relative is the European polecat (perhaps due to past hybridization) and the Siberian weasel, being intermediate in form between true polecats and other members of the genus.