The fisher (Pekania pennanti) is a small, carnivorous mammal native to North America, a forest-dwelling creature whose range covers much of the boreal forest in Canada to the northern United States. It is a member of the mustelid family (commonly referred to as the weasel family), and is in the monospecific genus Pekania. It is sometimes misleadingly referred to as a fisher cat, although it is not a cat. The fisher is closely related to, but larger than, the American marten (Martes americana). In some regions, the fisher is known as a pekan, derived from its name in the Abenaki language, or wejack, an Algonquian word (cf. Cree wuchak, otchock, Ojibwa ojiig) borrowed by fur traders. Other Native American names for the fisher are Chipewyan thacho and Carrier chunihcho, both meaning "big marten", and Wabanaki uskool.
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Thanks for posting the background. Fishers were brought to our State to decrease the porcupine population, which they did. Now they’re everywhere and they’re nasty little varmints. Those who hear a Fisher screaming in the woods for the first time think someone’s being murdered. It’s an eerie sound.
I’ve never even heard of a Fisher myself. But I have seen a Ringtail