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WOLVERINE
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Species:Chordata
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Mustelidae
Gulo gulo
The wolverine is the largest member of the weasel family. They reach up to 4 feet in length (1.2 m) and about 60 lbs. (27kg) in weight. They resemble a large badger or a miniature bear. Wolverines have a short and thick coat of fur, dark brown in color, with a pale band on each side of its body and face, along with a thick bushy tai ...
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050870 Wolverine Gulo gulo
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Distinguishing Features - Average lenght: Male 1 m, Female 0.8 m. Weight: Male 10 - 14.5 kg., Female 5.8 - 13.2 kg. Overall colouration: chocolate brown; underparts and mid-dorsal, dark brown; stripes along flanks to base of large, bushy tail, pale buff or yellowish-brown. Body built low, robust body shape larger compared to other weasels.
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The wolverine is not related to the wolf or the bear. It is a member of the weasel family.
This animal is found throughout Canada, including the Arctic region.
The wolverine eats mice, rats and other small mammals, birds and eggs. In winter, when snow covers the ground, it eats reindeer and and other large prey.
Often it lets other animals do the hunting. Then it chases the hunter away b ...
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"Picture a weasel -- and most of us can do that, for we have met that little demon of destruction, that small atom of insensate courage, that symbol of slaughter, sleeplessness, and tireless, incredible activity -- picture that scrap of demoniac fury, multiply that mite some fifty times, and you have the likeness of a Wolverine."
Ernest Thompson Seton, 1953
The wolverine (Gulo gulo) earned its place in North American folklore long before north-country trappers ...
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Wolverine
Gulo gulo
One of the larger species of the weasel family, this stocky, muscular animal is today found, in its North American distribution, chiefly in the northern regions of Canada between the tree line and the Arctic coast.
Pugnacious, bold, and curious, like other weasels, the wolverine is omnivorous and consumes a wide range of edible roots and berries, small game, and fish. They have been known to kill animals as large as caribou and mountain goats ...
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Mustelidae
Genus: Gulo
Species: gulo
Height: 13 - 17 inches
Length: 30 - 36 inches
Weight: 30 - 70 lbs
Gestation: 30 - 50 days
Offspring: 1 - 6
Life Span: 17 years
Top Speed (Ground): 30 mph
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