The fisher is a small carnivorous mammal native to North America.
It is a member of the mustelid family (commonly referred to as the weasel family) and is in the monospecific genus The fisher is closely related to but larger than the American fisher is a forest-dwelling creature whose range covers much of the boreal forest in Canada to the northern United States.
Names derived from aboriginal languages include It is also called a fisher cat, although it is not a feline.