Observation and DNA Confirmation of a Fisher (Pekania pennanti) Hunting and Killing a Muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus)

Sean M. Johnson-Bice; Steve K. Windels; Kristine L. Pilgrim

doi:10.1656/045.026.0314

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Sean M. Johnson-Bice,^1,* Steve K. Windels,² Kristine L. Pilgrim³

¹1Natural Resources Research Institute, University of Minnesota Duluth, 5113 Miller Trunk Hwy, Herman
²2Voyageurs National Park, 360 Highway 11 East, International Falls, MN 56649.
³3National Genomics Center for Wildlife and Fish Conservation, 800 E. Beckwith, Missoula, MT 59801.

^* Corresponding author - s.johnsonbice@gmail.com.

Abstract

Pekania pennanti (Fisher) is a generalist mesocarnivore that has been documented to prey on a diversity of mammals, but there have been no previous documented incidents of a Fisher hunting and killing a semi-aquatic mammal. Here, we report a first-hand observation and DNA evidence of a Fisher hunting and killing an Ondatra zibethicus (Muskrat) from inside a beaver lodge along a lakeshore.

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Sean M. Johnson-Bice, Steve K. Windels, and Kristine L. Pilgrim "Observation and DNA Confirmation of a Fisher (Pekania pennanti) Hunting and Killing a Muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus)," Northeastern Naturalist 26(3), (12 August 2019). https://doi.org/10.1656/045.026.0314

Published: 12 August 2019

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