Baby Fisher Cat Pictures. Fisher cat attacked boy in rehoboth, ma; The fisher is among the few animals which can kill a porcupine.
Fireman jack wanamaker of lenox, massachusetts was walking his dog, charger, near the stockbridge bowl, when two dozen rabid fisher cats attacked him. Despite their name, fishers do not hunt or eat. It is a member of the mustelid family (commonly referred to as the weasel family), and is in the monospecific genus pekania.
They are neither members of the feline family, nor do they catch fish.
More interesting facts about fishers are lined up here. It is a member of the mustelid family (commonly referred to as the weasel family), and is in the monospecific genus pekania. The fisher cat (pekania pennanti) is typically a little larger than a domestic house cat and can live as long as seven years in the wild. It attacks the porcupine’s face and bites it, and thus gets spared from those piercing.