Fishers (14584727897)🦡

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SpeciesCarnivoraMustelidae
Carnivores

🦡Fisher

Martes pennanti (Erxleben, 1777)

דלק דייג (שם מדעי: Martes pennanti) הוא מין של דלק ממשפחת הסמוריים והוא אחד ממיני הדלק הגדולים ביותר, כשמספר חוקרים רואים בו מין בסוג עצמאי (Pekania). הוא חי בצפון אמריקה בעיקר ביערות מחטניים מקנדה למרכז ומערב ארצות הברית, אך אינו נפוץ באקלימים יבשים.

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vs you
≈ 1/20th of your weight
Also called
Pekan
Conservation status
LCLeast concern

IUCN Red List assessment, 2018.

Population trendUnknown
Key measurements
Body mass
3.17 kg
Body length
0.69 m
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
14 years
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Facts and figures

Everything we know about the Fisher

Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.

Body mass
3.17 kg
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

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  • 3.17 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Body length
0.69 m
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

Brain mass
34 g
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Maximum lifespan
14 years
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

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  • 14 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Generation length
4.76 years
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

Age at maturity
1.1 years
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Gestation
40 days
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

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  • 45 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Litter size
about 3
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

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  • 2.5AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Trophic level
Carnivore
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

Activity cycle
Crepuscular / mixed
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

Home range
15 km²
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Population density
0.17 per km²
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

Volume l
3.2 Laverage
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Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.

average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.

Not recorded for Fisher yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.

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Family tree

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classMammalia
  4. ›orderCarnivora
  5. ›familyMustelidae
  6. ›genusPekania
  7. ›speciesPekania pennanti
Full lineage
  1. classMammals · Mammalia
  2. orderCarnivorans · Carnivora
  3. familyMustelidae
  4. subfamilyMartinae
All 14 branches ↓
  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassSarcopterygii
  7. superclassTetrapoda
  8. classMammals · Mammalia
  9. subclassTheria
  10. superorderLaurasiatheria
  11. orderCarnivorans · Carnivora
  12. suborderCaniformia
  13. familyMustelidae
  14. subfamilyMartinae
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What it eats
warm-blooded animals70%
carrion30%
In other languages
Fischermarder (de), marta pescadora (ca), kuna rybářská (cs), Virginsk mår (da), Martes pennanti (es), kanadannäätä (fi) … and 23 more languages

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