. The quadrupeds of North America [microform]. Mammals; Rodentia; Mammifères; Rongeurs. THE WOLVERENE 211 Captain Cartwrioht see Journal, vol ii n dni\ . j Hill I crossed the Inick or a Wolvcrins Willi our of M,. r ..ap» on .lis foot; .he fââs had rollo,â¢, hll ^LLf ^cr'Ts";"- hill, vvhcie the snow was so deep and lish. thai it was with the âe-aest dttfleulty CO, d follow him evei, iâ Indian raetets, I was ,â p" td o know how â had eoatrived to prevent the trap fâ¢â eatchii,; To d of the branehes of the trees or siâl>iââ iâ the snow. But on eomingup âi,h hun diseovered how
. The quadrupeds of North America [microform]. Mammals; Rodentia; Mammifères; Rongeurs. THE WOLVERENE 211 Captain Cartwrioht see Journal, vol ii n dni\ . j Hill I crossed the Inick or a Wolvcrins Willi our of M,. r ..ap» on .lis foot; .he fââs had rollo,â¢, hll ^LLf ^cr'Ts";"- hill, vvhcie the snow was so deep and lish. thai it was with the âe-aest dttfleulty CO, d follow him evei, iâ Indian raetets, I was ,â p" td o know how â had eoatrived to prevent the trap fâ¢â eatchii,; To d of the branehes of the trees or siâl>iââ iâ the snow. But on eomingup âi,h hun diseovered how he had nianâ,.ed; for after making an 'tZZZ fly a. me, he took the trap in his month and ran upon .hrje legs. The! creature, are surprisingly strong in proportion to their size ⢠tl welh.^ only twenty-six pounds and the trap eight: ye. ineluding a I th Z h had taken he had carried it six ; The Wolverene produee. young but onee a year, from two to four at a R,c, says the cubs are covered with a downy fur of a pile or cream colour. The fur of che Wolverene resemblin. thlt of tLT IS much used for muds, and when several sl-iZ 1 '' makes a beautiful sleigh-robe. "' ''"^'^ '"^«^^«'- f5E0GRAPH[CAL DISTRIBUTION. The Wolverene exists in the north of both continents. On the Eastern contment U inhabits the most northern parts of Europe and AsiToc currm, m Sweden, Norway, Lapland, and Siberia, as ZlZ'inZeZ the Alpme regions, and in the forests of Poland and Courland In North America it is found throughout .he whole of the Arctic circle Th. ca^iglit to ,he number often or every ^.^X^- ^^1^^ n Labrador. It exists at Davis' Straits, and has been tr'ced across e on^men to the shores of the Pacific. It is found on the Russian^ ea, xts bones having been found in Melville Island, nearly in latitude 75» t occurs in Canada, although diminishing in numbers the farth we pro' ceed southerly. We have seen specimens procure
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