Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park anchors Florida’s mink records with 23 sightings, more than any other named site; Big Cypress National Preserve adds a single record. Most of the state’s 59 documented sightings come from iNaturalist (47) rather than GBIF (39), the reverse of the GBIF-heavy pattern common in many other Florida species’ records, and points to citizen observation driving most of what’s mapped here.
Reports peak in March and April; most other months land in a lower range, and May and August show just one record each. NatureServe rates the mink secure both in Florida (S5) and globally (G5), so this scattered, low record count likely reflects how hard mink are to detect in dense wetland cover, not real scarcity.
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