MAMMALS MARTIN AE GULO LUSCUS. 181 



GULO, Storr. 



Gulo, STORR, "Prod. Meth. Anim. 1780." 



Teeth 38. Molars, five above and six below. Lower sectorial tooth without any internal tubercle. Soles densely hairy, 

 with six small naked pads. Tail about as long as the head, very full and bushy. Body stout, bear-like. 



The genus Gulo, in all essential features of dentition and general structure, is closely allied to 

 the martens and weasels, though it differs so much in shape. In fact, the resemblance to a 

 small bear is so striking, that it has by several authors been placed among the Ursidae. From 

 this family, however, the densely pilose under surfaces of the feet, and its only partially plan 

 tigrade character, independently of the skull and teeth, at once distinguish it. 



The dental forpjula of this genus is the same as in the typical martens, viz : incisors 



3-3 - 11 i 44 i 11 18 oo 



3^3, canines j^, premolars -^-^ molars ^,=^ = 38. 



GULO LUSCUS. 



Wolverine. 



A. EUROPEAN. 



Mustela gulo, LINN, Syst. Nat. 1766, 67. 



Ursusgulo, SCHREBER, Sciugt. Ill, 1778, 525; pi. cxliv. 



Gulo borealis, NILSSON, 111. fig. til Skand. Faun. 



KEYSERLING & BLASIUS, Europ. Wirbelt. 1842, 66. 



WAGNER, Suppl. Schreb. II, 1841, 246. 



B. AMERICAN. 



Ursus luscus, LINN. Syst. Nat. 10th ed. 1, 1758, 47 IB. 12th ed. I, 1766, 71. 

 ERXLEBEN, Syst. I, 1777, 167. 

 SCHREBER, Saugt. Ill, 1778, 539. 



SHAW, Gen. Zool. I, 1800, 462; pi. cxv, (from Edwards.) 

 Guio luscus, " SABINE, in Narr. Franklin's First Voyage, 650." 

 RICH. F. B. A. I, 1829, 41. 

 DEKAY, N. Y. Zool. I, 1842, 27 ; pi. xii. f. 2. 

 AUD. & BACH. N. A. Quad. I, 1849, 203 ; pi. xxvi. 

 Gulo arcticus, DESM. Mamm. I, 1820, 174. Var. A. 



HARLAN, F. Am. 1825, 60. 

 Gulo wolverene, GRIFF. Cuv. V, 1827, 117. 

 Meles luscus, BODDAERT, Elenchus Anim. I, 1784, 80. 



Wolverine, PENNANT, Hist. Quad. 1781, Nos. 176, 177. IB. Arctic Zoology, I, 1784, 66. (Loverian Museum.) 

 CHURCH, Cabinet of Quadrupeds, II, 1805 ; plate. 



SP. CH. Dark brown. Tail, (except at base,) legs, and beneath, black. A lighter broad band on flanks, passing over the 

 base of the tail and rump. A grizzled light patch along the temples. 



The materials at my command are not such as to allow of a very satisfactory account of the 

 American wolverine, as there is no skull and only a single skin. 



The head is somewhat pointed, and in shape closely resembles that of a bear. The muffle is 

 naked for about half an inch from the end of the snout, the line of separation from the hair 

 being transverse. The septum is naked, and the naked space on the anterior portion of the 

 muzzle extends to the edge of the upper lip, narrowing as it descends. The eyes are very small, 



