Fisher Cat. All you need to know about the elusive fisher cat. Fisher cat definition, information, fisher cat pictures and fisher cat photos.

Definition:large, dark brown North American arboreal, carnivorous mammal.

In fact there is no such thing as a fisher cat. It's not actually a cat but rather a member of the weasel family.

There are many theories as to why fishers are so often called fisher cats.


One is that they sometimes hang around barns eating mice, just like a cat would.

Another, is that the old French word for polecat, or fitchew, a European member of the weasel family, was fissau. This later became ficher (and then fisher or fisher cat) in English.

Still another theory is that fishers are widely blamed for devouring housecats that venture out for a stroll in the woods.

The'fisher cat'- is coloured a deep brown and is a richly-furred hansome mammal.

The fisher typically measures between 30 and 41 inches in length.

A fisher cat can grow up to thirty pounds and is much larger than either the mink or the pine marten, two of its close relatives in the weasel family.

The Fisher Cat is a ferocious predator of small game and they are very fast on their feet.