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Principal records. De Kay: “Its geographic range extends from 
the Atlantic to the Pacific” (42, p. 34). Merriam: “The marten is a 
common resident of the dark evergreen forests of the Adirondacks, and 
hundreds of them are trapped here every winter for their fur” (’82, 
p. 52). Mearns: ‘‘Some of the residents assert that both the pine 
marten and the pekan, 7. pennant Erxleben, are still sometimes taken in 
the Catskills, others exclude the pekan, but say that the marten still 
exists” (’98b, p. 360). 
Mustela pennanti Erxleben /isher 
1777 Mustela pennant Erxleben, Syst. regn. anim. p. 470. 
1842 Mustela canadensis De Kay, Zoology of New York, Mammalia. 
Dayge: 
1882 Mustela pennanti Merriam, Linn. soc. New York. Trans. 1: 48. 
1898 Mustela pennant Mearns, U.S. Nat. mus. Proc. 21: 360. 
Type locality. Canada. 
Faunal position. Boreal zone and probably transition zone also. 
Flabitat. Forests. 
Distribution in New York. ‘The fisher which formerly ranged through 
the greater part of the state is now confined to the wilder parts of the 
Adirondacks though it occasionally wanders outside of this region. 
Principal records. De Kay: ‘The fisher or black cat of our hunters, 
is alarge and powerful animal, standing nearly a foot from the ground. 
It was formerly very abundant in this state, but is now confined to the 
thinly settled northern district. Twenty years ago they were numerous in 
the western part of the state, where they are now scarcely ever seen” 
(42, p. 31-32). Merriam: “Though not so common as formerly, the 
fisher . . . is by no meansarare inhabitant of these [Adirondack] 
mountains” (’82,p. 48). Mearns: (see under Mustela americana). 
Of the occurrence of this animal in Erie co. Mr Savage writes: 
‘‘The fisher was probably common in this region before it was trapped 
out and the forests destroyed. In March, 1889, a fisher was killed after 
being found under a lumber pile near the Niagara river and in the city of 
Buffalo. It was mounted by Miss Mathilde Schlegel now of East 
Aurora, New York.” 
Procyon lotor Linnaeus Raccoon 
1758 | Ursus| lotor Linnaeus, Syst. nat.ed. 10. 1:48. 
1780 Procyon lotor Storr, ‘ Prodr. Meth. Mamm.’ 
1842 Frocyon lotor De Kay, Zoology of New York, Mammalia. p. 26. 
