#0303 · 🦊 mammals
Fisher
🇳🇱 Vismarter ·Pekania pennanti
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what is it?
The fisher ( Pekania pennanti ) is a small carnivorous mammal native to North America. It is a member of the mustelid family (commonly referred to as the weasel family) and is in the monospecific genus Pekania . The fisher is closely related to but larger than the American marten ( Martes americana ). The fisher is a forest-dwelling creature whose range covers much of the boreal forest in Canada to the northern United States. Names derived from aboriginal languages include...
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 6,985 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Johann Christian Polycarp Erxleben in 1777 (249 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Fisher
- Nederlands
- Vismarter
- scientific name
- Pekania pennanti
- class
- Mammalia
- order
- Carnivora
- family
- Mustelidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 6,985
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1777 by Johann Christian Polycarp Erxleben
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Mustelidae
#0017 📷 10European Badger
🇳🇱 Das
Meles meles
LC 👀 156 in NL
#0020 📷 7Stone Marten
🇳🇱 Steenmarter
Martes foina
LC 👀 111 in NL
#0022 📷 8European Polecat
🇳🇱 Bunzing
Mustela putorius
LC 👀 64 in NL
#0027 📷 10Least Weasel
🇳🇱 Wezel
Mustela nivalis
LC 👀 51 in NL
#0029 📷 10Eurasian Pine Marten
🇳🇱 Boommarter
Martes martes
LC 👀 37 in NL
#0032 📷 10Eurasian Otter
🇳🇱 Europese Otter
Lutra lutra
NT 👀 28 in NL
#0034 📷 10Eurasian Stoat
🇳🇱 Hermelijn
Mustela erminea
LC 👀 25 in NL
#0061 📷 8American Mink
🇳🇱 Amerikaanse Nerts
Neogale vison
LC 👀 2 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 453109, Wikidata Q584064, GBIF 5218855, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.