Fisher
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Chordata
Mammalia
Carnivora
Mustelidae
Martes
Martes pennanti
A solitary animal of dense forests, the Fisher is primarily nocturnal like most mustelids, but is sometimes abroad by day. A good climber and swimmer, it travels a home range of 50 to 150 square miles… More »
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The fisher is a considerably larger relative of the North American marten, a medium-sized mustelid. The fisher is agile in trees and has a slender body that allows it to pursue prey into hollow tree...
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Daniel Keefe | profile | all galleries >> A Fisher Cat ... This Fisher (Fisher cat) visited us over a month or so, feeding on suet put out for the birds. Nikon N80 through an open window at a distance of about eight feet. A great experience. Images from this series have appeared in the New York Times, and the Boston Globe.
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The fisher, also known as the "pekan cat", "fisher cat", or "black cat", is a large, dark, long-haired member of the weasel family. Fisher usually use two types of shelters. Fisher dens used for giving birth to their young typically are found in large trees, high off the ground.
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A LONDONDERRY READER wrote to me about a fisher cat he saw kill a woodchuck for dinner, or maybe it was supper. Whatever the case, it was in daylight, which was unusual, because fishers are mostly nocturnal.
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Also known in areas as fisher cat, black cat, tree fox or pekan, fisher have been known to follow traplines, destroying the catches before the trapper arrives. ... Fisher have 38 teeth, including four sharp canine teeth and flat topped molars to aid in chewing. Five toes register in fisher tracks and the inside toes are...
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Though many locals call them fisher cats, the animals are neither prolific fish-eaters nor part of the cat family. They are Mustelids, which also include weasels, ferrets and wolverines. It is said they got the fisher cat label from the French word fitchet, used to describe a European polecat, another Mustelid.
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A juvenile fisher cat photographed Sunday in North Kingstown. ... A 6-year-old Hope Valley boy walking with his mother to the bus stop Monday morning was bitten by a fisher cat, Hopkinton police said Monday.
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