Animal that disappeared 200 years ago after being threatened with extinction has been spotted along the road

A weasel relative that was nearly extinct in the 19th century may live on after the body of a mammal was found dead on the side of the road in Ohio.

The body of what appeared to be a fisherman was found Sunday near Kent State University. Fishers, a mammal that once lived in North America and resembled a large mink, are endangered in parts of the US. The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (DNR), which performs animal autopsies, said if this were a fisherman, this would be the farthest west in Ohio the animal has been found in 200 years.

Fishermen, once considered “active predators,” hunt in trees and are one of the few known to be able to kill a porcupine. Since the great extinction in the area, only 40 sightings have been confirmed in northeastern Ohio, according to a report from the Akron Beacon Journal.

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Laurie Brown, a wildlife research technician with the Division of Wildlife, told the Akron Beacon Journal: “I think it’s great that we’re starting to see them more and get more reports of them in Ohio.”

Fishermen could expand into Ohio after Pennsylvania implements a reintroduction program for the species. Fishermen have so populated Pennsylvania that state officials are now allowing a fishing season for fishermen while they develop a management plan to ensure the animals remain in the state.

A Pennsylvania website dedicated to the species said: “Pennsylvania’s current fisher population is the direct result of natural expansion from neighboring states and of reintroduction programs here. In 1969, West Virginia reintroduced 23 fishermen native to New Hampshire. West Virginia fisher populations have expanded since then through that state and into western Maryland, northern Virginia and southwestern Pennsylvania.

New York also transferred fishermen from the Adirondack Mountains to the Catskills region in 1979, with some fishermen populations in Pennsylvania possibly having migrated from New York State. However, Pennsylvania also introduced nearly 200 of its own fishermen to the state, spread across six locations in northern Pennsylvania. Fishers are most commonly found in New England, Tennessee, the northern Great Lake states, the northern Rockies, and some west coast populations.

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But there are several species that are on the brink of extinction, due to both man-made and natural factors. According to National Geographic, extinction refers to the complete disappearance of a species from Earth, and although species become extinct every year, historically this has been very slow.

We have only seen exceptions during major events, such as asteroid impacts and volcanic eruptions, which have been reported to cause widespread extinctions in a relatively short time. It is believed that one of the five largest mass extinction events killed the dinosaurs for good.

Other species around the world are also at risk. With just under 70 of these rhinos left on Earth, the Javan rhino is one of the most endangered animals left in the wild. They are usually found in Indonesia’s Ujung Kulon National Park, and their survival is threatened by the destruction of their habitat and the potential for disease.

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About 44,016 of the 157,190 species on the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List are now threatened with extinction, up from 42,108 last year.