Wolverine
Gulo gulo
Trevor Fink
Wolverine
Gulo gulo
Hello,
welcome to my site that highlights Gulo gulo, or more
commonly known as glutton, carcajou, skunk bear, quickhatch, or
wolverine. I chose Gulo gulo as the subject of my site
because this semester, our biology class is focusing on scary
organisms as a tribute to Halloween. What other animal that is
as small as the wolverine can take down a moose by itself? Well,
this little mustelidea can and packs an enormous punch! So the
scare factor fits the requirement for this assignment. However,
there is very little known about the wolverine, so I was
intrigued to learn something new. As an example, I thought that
wolverines still ran wild in Michigan when I began this project.
It turns out that wolverines were hunted for their fur and there
hasn't been a wild wolverine in Michigan in 200 years (there
have been a few sightings though). This site is designed to
inform you about all you could ever hope to know about the
fascinating life of the ferocious wolverine.
G. gulo currently inhabits the northwestern states of North America and extends through Canada and into Alaska. Before the European take over of North America, the wolverine lived as far south as Colorado and as far east as Indiana. The wolverine has adapted to the cold, snowy climate that it inhabits. A thick, glossy fur coat encompasses its entire body. The sheen on its coat comes from a layer of oil which deflects snow to keep the wolverine warm and prevents its fur from freezing. On top of that, the wolverine has extended claws on its large paws that act like snowshoes. The wolverine is also an avid hunter-scavenger that has a set of jaws that can bite through frozen meat and even bone (Patsy 2009).
- To learn more about Gulo gulo, click this classification link.
- To find out more about other organisms, click this link to Multipleorganisms.net.
- If you have any comments, questions, or concerns for me, click this Contact Me link.
- This site was last updated 11/20/2012
I would like to take this opportunity to give a special thank you to Daniel J. Cox and his staff at Natural Exposures. Check out their site at:
http://www.naturalexposures.com/