I think the Minkmen will be more like the mysterious girl on Zou. But I also think they will be a tiny type of race. When I hear "Minkmen" it makes me think of things that are supposed to be small.
See, I would agree with this if we didn't just have the dwarves in dressrosa so I'm thinking that we'll get a lot of varied sizes of minkmen, whether they're actual minks or just a bunch of animals that can walk around and talk like Bepo