r/animalid • u/HenryTheCanadian • 2d ago

Follow up to my post from yesterday 🦦 🦡 MUSTELID: WEASEL/MARTEN/BADGER 🦡 🦦

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Most people said it was a fisher, but someone said it was a marten.

Is it a fisher or a marten? 🙏

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u/Wildwood_Weasel 🦦 Mustelid Enthusiast 🦡 2d ago

It's a fisher, martens have different proportions particularly in the face and tail, and typically have different coloration (though some are colored similarly). Martens are also much smaller, not that this video gives a good idea of scale.

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u/AKchaos49 2d ago

I'd say fisher. Martens are roughly half the size of fishers.

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u/RinellaWasHere 2d ago

Absolutely a fisher- the proportions are different, and they carry themselves more upright than a marten does.

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u/PipocaComNescau 2d ago

Fisher! But it's so fast! I wish I could see him better.

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u/Mithrilh4ll 1d ago

Either way it's a cutie!

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