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By Emilia Randall A weasel relative hunted to near extinction in the 19th century may live on after the body of one mammal was discovered dead on the side of the road in Ohio. The body of what appeared to be a fisher was found near Kent State University on Sunday. Fishers, amammalthat used to reside in North America, that resembled a large mink have been hunted to extinction in swathes of the US. The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (DNR), which is conducting an animal autopsy said if this was a fisher it would be the farthest westerly point in Ohio the animal has been found in 200 years. …

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