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The fisher (Pekania pennanti) is a 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, and is the only living member of the genus Pekania. It is sometimes referred to as a fisher cat, although it is not ...
The fisher was for many years placed in the genus Martes. A 2008 study using DNA sequences found the remaining species of Martes to be more closely related to the wolverine (genus Gulo) than to the fisher, rendering Martes paraphyletic. Therefore, the fisher was reclassified in the separate genus Pekania. [2]
English: Skeleton of a cat: A – Cervical or Neck Bones (7 in number). B – Dorsal or Thoracic Bones (13 in number, each bearing a rib). C – Lumbar Bones (7 in number).D – Sacral Bones (3 in number).E – Caudal or Tail Bones (19 to 21 in number). 1 – Cranium, or Skull. 2 – Mandible, or Lower jaw. 3 – Scapula, or Shoulder-blade.
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Fishers have a reputation as killers of household pets such as cats and small dogs. While able, they prefer small rodents, rabbits and squirrels.
Cats get an unfortunate reputation for being too independent and sneaky to be lovable. Just like humans, felines have countless personality types that can't be blanketed with only a few adjectives.
Using fisher cat would perpetuate confusion. Also, Fisher cat is a disambiguation page, so you'd theoretically need to move the article to Fisher cat (musetlid) or something equally awkward. --Nessie 14:31, 23 July 2019 (UTC) @Nessie: Fisher cat should be the WP:PRIMARYTOPIC for that page since the baseball team is literally named after the ...
The Fisher Catholic quiz team to compete for national title in Chicago this weekend after recently competing in the Gahanna Invitational.