. The popular natural history . Zoology. 84 THE WOLVERENE.â\Gulo luSCUS.) mals, The Wolverene, moro popularly known by the name of the Glutton, has earned for itself a world-wide reputation for ferocity, and has given occasion to some of the older writers on natural history to indulge in the most unshackled liberty of description. It is known that the Glutton feeds largely on the smaller quadrupeds, and that it is a most determined foe to the beaver in the summer months. During the winter it has little chance of catching a beaver, for the animals are quietly ensconced in their home
. The popular natural history . Zoology. 84 THE WOLVERENE.â\Gulo luSCUS.) mals, The Wolverene, moro popularly known by the name of the Glutton, has earned for itself a world-wide reputation for ferocity, and has given occasion to some of the older writers on natural history to indulge in the most unshackled liberty of description. It is known that the Glutton feeds largely on the smaller quadrupeds, and that it is a most determined foe to the beaver in the summer months. During the winter it has little chance of catching a beaver, for the animals are quietly ensconced in their home, and their houses are rendered so strong by the intense cold, that the Glutton is unable to break through their ice-hardened walls. The Wolverene is an inhabitant of Northern America, Siberia, and of a great part of Northern Europe. It was once thought that the Glutton and the Wolverene were distinct ani- , but it is now ascertained that they both belong to the same species. The general aspect of this animal is not unlike that of a young bear, and probably on that account it was placed by Linnaeus among the bears under the title of Ursus Luscus. The general colour of the Wolverene is a brownish black ; the muzzle is black as far as the eyebrows, and the space between the eyes of a browner hue. In some specimens a few white spots are scat- tered upon the under jaw. The sides of the body are washed with a tint of a â warmer hue. The paws are quite black, and the contrast between the jetty fur of the feet and the almost ivory whiteness of the claws is extremely curious. These white claws are much esteemed among the natives for the purpose of being manufactured into certain feminine adornments. The Skunk, which is so celebrated for the horrible odour which emanates from it, belongs to the Weasel tribe. Scarcely less remarkable for its ill-odour than the skunk, the Teledu is not brought so prominently before the public eye as the animal which has just been described. It is a nati
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