🦡Fisher
Fiskmård (Martes/Pekania pennanti) är en art i familjen mårddjur. Artepitet i det vetenskapliga namnet hedrar naturforskaren Thomas Pennant.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2018.
- 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
Everything we know about the Fisher
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass3.17 kgCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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Figures vary
- 3.17 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Body length0.69 mCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Brain mass34 gCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan14 yearsCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 14 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Generation length4.76 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity1.1 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation40 daysCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 45 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Litter sizeabout 3COMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 2.5AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Trophic levelCarnivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleCrepuscular / mixedCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Home range15 km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Population density0.17 per km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l3.2 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
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.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderCarnivora
- ›familyMustelidae
- ›genusPekania
- ›speciesPekania pennanti
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderCarnivorans · Carnivora
- familyMustelidae
- subfamilyMartinae
All 14 branches ↓Fewer branches ↑
- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderLaurasiatheria
- orderCarnivorans · Carnivora
- suborderCaniformia
- familyMustelidae
- subfamilyMartinae
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