What does a fisher look like?

) July 21st, 2015

I just saw a mammal, smaller than an otter, bigger than a weasel, but built along the same lines, but it was a dark rich brown. It was beautiful, hopping along on my lawn. It was about 100 meters from the stream to my house. I thought fishers were dark gray.

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It could have been a sable, a black mink, brown mink, a black ermine, a dark brown stoat, or just a brown or black ferret.

Did it look like any of these?

Espiritus_Corvus (17294

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I found a dark brown Fisher

Espiritus_Corvus (17294

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About like this maybe.

Darth_Algar (18933

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Oh, I think you may have seen a muskrat? http://cor-blimey.blogspot.no/2011_10_01_archive.html

cazzie (24516

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No, it didn’t resemble any of those. I’ve seen all of those except for the fisher and it wasn’t any of those.

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We have stoats here in Norway. They look like big minks or weasels. Do you have polecats where you live? I found this guide, but it is specifically for the UK but might still help. I’m sure there are similar mustelids that have been introduced back and forth for the fur trade back in the day. http://www.discoverwildlife.com/british-wildlife/how-identify-small-carnivores-mustelids

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