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adult fisher comparison table
Subject have breeding season have average number of babies give birth to travel along reach sexual maturity by is a kind of weigh eat give birth in have gestation period hunt on have length has part have range have colour suckle
fisher     weasel          
adult fisherMarch and April  regular hunting circuits up to 97 km in length2 yearsfisher red squirrels, flying squirrels, re-backed voles, snowshoe hares, shrews, porcupines, deer mice, mink, muskrat, carrion, birds, insects, fruit  the ground slender body16 km in diameterdark brown or black with grizzled grey mantle 
adult female fisherMarch and April1-4live babiesregular hunting circuits up to 97 km in length2 yearsfemale mammal1.3-3.1 kgred squirrels, flying squirrels, re-backed voles, snowshoe hares, shrews, porcupines, deer mice, mink, muskrat, carrion, birds, insects, fruitMarch or April352 daysthe ground703-946 mm 16 km in diameterdark brown or black with grizzled grey mantlebabies
adult male fisherMarch and April  regular hunting circuits up to 97 km in length2 yearsmale mammal2.6-5.5 kgred squirrels, flying squirrels, re-backed voles, snowshoe hares, shrews, porcupines, deer mice, mink, muskrat, carrion, birds, insects, fruit  the ground847-1073 mm 16 km in diameterdark brown or black with grizzled grey mantle 

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