THE 



CANADIAN 



MTUEALIST AND GEOLOGIST. 



BY E. BILLINGS. 



Volume I. SEPTEMBER, 1856. Number IV. 



ARTICLE XXXIX.— iVa^^ra? History of\ the Wolverene or 



Carcajou^ [Gulo Luscus.) 



GENUS GULO.— Storr. 



Dental Formula. 



Incisive | ; Canine^ \ — \ ; Molar, ^ — ^. 



Generic Characters. — " The three first molars in the upper 

 and the four first in the lower jaw, small; succeeded by a larger car- 

 nivorous or trenchant tooth, and a small tuberculous tooth at the 

 back. In the upper jaw the three first molars are uni-cuspidateous, 

 and may be called false-carnivorous teeth, increasing successively 

 in size ; the following or carnivorous tooth is large and strong, 

 furnished with two points on the inner side, and a trenchant edge 

 in front ; the last tooth is small, and tuberculous or flattish. In 

 the lower jaw the first four molars are false, each presenting only 

 one point or edge ; the fifth is long and large, with two trenchant 

 points ; the last molar is nearly flat. All the teeth touch each 



