FISHER Martes pennanti

Fishers (Martes pennanti) belong to the family Mustelidae (weasels). Fishers are considered to be a single undifferentiated species throughout their range (Powell 1993). Fishers are closely related to the other six members of the genus Martes: Eurasian Martens (M. martes), American Martens (M. americana), Yellow-throated Martens (M. flavigula), Japanese Martens (M. melampus), Sables (M. zibellina), and Stone Martens (M. foina). Fishers are sympatric throughout much of their range with American martens (Hagmeier 1956; Krohn et al. 1995), which are the only other Martes species found in North America.

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