[PAR] [TLE] Fisher (animal) [SEP] The fisher ("Pekania pennanti") 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 Pekania.  The fisher is closely related to but larger than the American marten ("Martes americana").  The 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 pekan, pequam, wejack, and woolang.  It is also called a fisher cat, although it is not a feline. [PAR] [TLE] California Fur Rush [SEP] Before the 1849 California Gold Rush, American, English and Russian fur hunters were drawn to Spanish (and then Mexican) California in a California Fur Rush, to exploit its enormous fur resources.  Before 1825, these Europeans were drawn to the northern and central California coast to harvest prodigious quantities of southern sea otter ("Enhydra lutris nereis") and fur seals ("Callorhinus ursinus"), and then to the San Francisco Bay Area and Sacramento – San Joaquin River Delta to harvest beaver ("Castor canadensis"), river otter ("Lontra canadensis"), marten, fisher, mink, gray fox ("Urocyon cinereoargenteus"), weasel, and harbor seal.  It was California's early fur trade, more than any other single factor, that opened up the West, and the San Francisco Bay Area in particular, to world trade.
[PAR] [TLE] Fisher ( animal ) [ SEP ] The fisher ( " Pekania pennanti " ) 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 Pekania . The fisher is closely related to but larger than the American marten ( " Martes americana " ) . The 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 pekan , pequam , wejack , and woolang . It is also called a fisher cat , although it is not a feline . [PAR] [TLE] California Fur Rush [ SEP ] Before the 1849 California Gold Rush , American , English and Russian fur hunters were drawn to Spanish ( and then Mexican ) California in a California Fur Rush , to exploit its enormous fur resources . Before 1825 , these Europeans were drawn to the northern and central California coast to harvest prodigious quantities of southern sea otter ( " Enhydra lutris nereis " ) and fur seals ( " Callorhinus ursinus " ) , and then to the San Francisco Bay Area and Sacramento – San Joaquin River Delta to harvest beaver ( " Castor canadensis " ) , river otter ( " Lontra canadensis " ) , marten , fisher , mink , gray fox ( " Urocyon cinereoargenteus " ) , weasel , and harbor seal . It was California 's early fur trade , more than any other single factor , that opened up the West , and the San Francisco Bay Area in particular , to world trade .
What is the scientific name associated with the small carnivorous mammal and member of the mustelid family that was sought after during the California Fur Rush?
What is the scientific name associated with the small carnivorous mammal and member of the mustelid family that was sought after during the California Fur Rush ?
Pekania pennanti
Pekania pennanti