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Fishers (14584727897)🦡

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SpeciesCarnivoraMustelidae
Carnivores

🦡Fisher

Martes pennanti (Erxleben, 1777)

Kuna rybożerna, kuna wodna (Pekania pennanti) – niewielki gatunek drapieżnego ssaka z rodziny łasicowatych, występujący wyłącznie w Ameryce Północnej.

Text: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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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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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

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.

Where it sits

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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More about the Fisher

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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