38 BULLETIN 171, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 



GULO GIDLEYI Hall « 



Figures 19, 20; Plate 9 



The normal habitat of the wolverme today is the far north, and in 

 the Eastern United States it has not been known to range farther 

 south than northern New York. This animal is represented in the 

 Cumberland Cave collection by several specimens including an 

 imusually well preserved skeleton. 



The wolverine skeleton, U.S.N.M. no. 8175, has been mounted and 

 is on exhibition in the halfof fossil vertebrates at the National Museum 



Figure 19.— Gu/o gidleyi Hall: Skull and mandible (U.S.N.M. no. 8175), lateral view. Two-thirds natural 

 size. Cumberland Cave Pleistocene, Maryland. 



(see pi. 9). The skull and mandible belonging to this specimen are 

 nearly complete and most of the teeth are intact. The ribs and the 

 anterior portion of the vertebral column are largely restored, and the 

 sacrum and most of the caudal vertebrae were not preserved but the 

 lumbar and posterior dorsal vertebrae are in good condition. The 

 right scapula is only half complete but has been restored from the one 

 on the left side which has very little missing. The fore limbs and right 

 fore foot are entire. Several carpals, phalanges, and claws of the 

 left manus were not preserved but have been modeled from those on 

 the right. Of the pelvic girdle only the tip of the left ilium and the 

 symphysial portion of both ischia are restored. The hind limbs are 

 complete except for the fibular and one patella. The left pes includes 

 most of the elements and served to model the right hind foot, which 

 had only the astragalus, cuboid, and third metatarsal preserved. 



In proportions of the skull a noticeable degree of variation is seen 

 between specimens in the cave collection. The skull (figs. 19, 20) 

 belonging to the preserved skeleton, U.S.N.M. no. 8175, is character- 

 ized by a broad frontal region and well-expanded zygomatic arches; 

 moreover, the posterior narial passage is noticeably constricted, and 



« Hall, 1936, pp. 83-86. 



