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FISHER. 



Viverra Piscator. V. dorso abdomme pedibus cauaaque nigris, la- 



teribusfuscis, fade subcinerea, ntfso nigro. 

 W. with the back, belly, feet and tail black, the sides brown, the 



face subcinereous with black nose. 

 Fisher Weesel. Pennant Quadr. 2. p. 50. 



THIS seems described only by Mr. Pennant, 

 who informs us that, notwithstanding its name, it 

 is not an amphibious animal. It is a native of 

 North America, where it is supposed, from the 

 number of skins imported, to be by no means un- 

 common; not less than 580 having been brought 

 in one season from New York and Pensylvania. 

 It varies in colour, and is sometimes nearly black : 

 its length from nose to tail is twenty-eight inches; 

 of the tail, which is very full and bushy, seven- 

 teen : the ears are broad, round, and dusky, edged 

 with white: the fore legs are shorter than the 

 hind : there are five toes on the fore feet, and the 

 same number, but sometimes only four, on the 

 hind ; the claws large, white, and crooked. The 

 general colours are described in the specific cha- 

 racter. 



