WOLVEREN 
.—Gulo Luseus. 
Northern Europe. It was once thought that the Glutton and the Wolverene were distinct 
animals, but it is now ascertained that they both belong to the same species. 
The general aspect of this animal is not unlike that of a young bear, and probably 
on that ‘account it was placed by Linneeus among the bears under the title of Ursus 
Luscus. The general colour of the Wolverene is a brownish-] tae the muzzle is black 
as far as the eyebrows, and the space between the eyes of a browner hue. In some 
specimens, a few w hite spots are scattered upon the under rae The sides of the body 
are washed with a tint of a warmer hue. The paws are quite black, and the contrast 
between the jetty fur of the feet and the almost ivory whiteness of the claws is 
extremely curious. These white claws are much esteemed among the natives for the 
purpose of being manufacted into certain feminine adornments. 
The paws are very large in proportion to the size of the animal, and it is supposed 
that this modification of structure is intended to enable the Wolverene to pass in safety 
over the surface of the snow. Indeed, the feet are so large, that the marks which they 
leave on the snow are often mistaken for the footprints of a bear. As the tracks of the 
Wolverene are often mixed with those of the bear, it is evident that the latter animal 
must often fall a prey to the former during the winter months. When the animal which 
it kills is too large to form a single meal, the Wolverene is in the habit of carrying 
away the remains, and of concealing them in some secure hiding-place, in readiness for 
a second repast. 
