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| mammal > carnivore > weasel > fisher |
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| fisher comparison table | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Subject | be helpless | have breeding season | be solitary | stay with | kill by | travel along | reach sexual maturity by | is a kind of | live in | have scientific name | swim | eat | hunt on | has part | have name in French | have range | open eyes at | have colour | have habitat | be blind |
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| weasel | carnivore | |||||||||||||||||||
| fisher | humans | weasel | den in hollow tree or log, rock crevice, brush pile | Martes pennanti | pékan | climax coniferous forest near water | ||||||||||||||
| adult fisher | March and April | humans | regular hunting circuits up to 97 km in length | 2 years | fisher | den in hollow tree or log, rock crevice, brush pile | Martes pennanti | red squirrels, flying squirrels, re-backed voles, snowshoe hares, shrews, porcupines, deer mice, mink, muskrat, carrion, birds, insects, fruit | the ground | slender body | pékan | 16 km in diameter | dark brown or black with grizzled grey mantle | climax coniferous forest near water | ||||||
| baby fisher | at birth | its mother for almost 1 year | humans | fisher | den in hollow tree or log, rock crevice, brush pile | Martes pennanti | pékan | 7 weeks | climax coniferous forest near water | at birth |
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