Wolverine Gulo gulo Least concern
Where the wolverine lives – recorded in 5 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.
Pin and shaded countries are approximate. The pin is a representative wild sighting (a central record among 30,098 open-licence GBIF records), not an official range. Method · Records on GBIF · See weasels, otters, badgers & skunks on the world map
| Scientific name | Gulo gulo |
|---|---|
| Group | Weasels, otters, badgers & skunks |
| Status | Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label) |
| Found in | 5 countries |
| Continents | Europe, North America |
| Mass | 84 g (birth weight); 14.8 kg (male organism, adult weight); 10.6 kg (female organism, adult weight) |
| Diet (main food) | North American porcupine, grape, roe deer, pear, Marmota, egg, Mountain Hare, Cervus canadensis, Bison, musk ox, food waste, carrion, European Mole, wood mouse, Odocoileus virginianus, Tamias, Mustela erminea, Poponejo, European pine marten, Lepus europaeus, American mink, weasel, goat, mule deer, moose, Rangifer tarandus, seed, root, Soricidae, Eurasian Red Squirrel, beaver, Sus scrofa, wild boar, sheep, Geomyidae, red deer, Norway lemming, Arctic fox, cattle, red fox, apple, Vaccinium vitis-idaea |
| Class | Mammal |
| Order | Carnivora |
| Family | Mustelidae |
Where does the wolverine live?
Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the wolverine in 5 countries and territories across Europe and North America. Wikidata gives its range as: People's Republic of China, Russia, Canada, Norway, United States, Finland, Sweden, Mongolia.
Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.
How big is a wolverine?
Wikidata records the following for the wolverine: mass 84 g (birth weight); 14.8 kg (male organism, adult weight); 10.6 kg (female organism, adult weight).
What does a wolverine eat?
Wikidata lists the main food source of the wolverine as: North American porcupine, grape, roe deer, pear, Marmota, egg, Mountain Hare, Cervus canadensis, Bison, musk ox, food waste, carrion, European Mole, wood mouse, Odocoileus virginianus, Tamias, Mustela erminea, Poponejo, European pine marten, Lepus europaeus, American mink, weasel, goat, mule deer, moose, Rangifer tarandus, seed, root, Soricidae, Eurasian Red Squirrel, beaver, Sus scrofa, wild boar, sheep, Geomyidae, red deer, Norway lemming, Arctic fox, cattle, red fox, apple, Vaccinium vitis-idaea.
Is the wolverine endangered?
The wolverine’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.
What kind of animal is the wolverine?
The wolverine (Gulo gulo) is a mammal in the order Carnivora and the family Mustelidae, genus Gulo. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)
About the wolverine
The wolverine ( WUUL-və-reen, US also WUUL-və-REEN; Gulo gulo), also called the carcajou or quickhatch (from East Cree, kwiihkwahaacheew), is the largest land-dwelling member of the family Mustelidae. It is a muscular carnivore and a solitary animal. The wolverine has a reputation for ferocity and strength out of proportion to its size, with the documented ability to kill prey many times larger than itself.
Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Wolverine (revision 1380748405), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q14334 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).
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