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FISHER. 
Viverra Piscator. V. dorso ahdomme pedihus cauaaque ntgns, la^ 
teribus fuscis, facie subcinerea, naso nigro, 
W. with the back, belly, feet and tail black, the sides brown, the 
face subcinereous with black nose. 
Fisher Weesel. Pennant Qmdr. 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 Pensylvaniq., 
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. 
