462 WOLVERENE. 



is also extremely fetid. It breeds once a year, 

 and brings from two to four young at a litter. 

 The fur is much used for muffs, linings, &c. 

 Those skins are said to be preferred which have 

 least of the ferruginous tinge, and for this reason 

 the Siberian variety, which is blacker than the 

 rest, is most esteemed. 



Far. ? 



WOLVERENE^ 



Ursus Luscus. U. corporeferrugineo, rostro fusco, fronte plu- 

 gaque laterali corporis albidis. 



Ferruginous B. with dusky snout, the forehead and lateral band 

 of the body whitish, 



U. corporeferrugineo, rostro fusco, fronte plagaque laterali cor- 

 poris ulbidis. Lin. Syst. Nat. p. 71. 



The Quick-Hatch or Wolverene. Edw. pi. 103. 



Wolverene, Pennant Quadr. 2. p. 8. 



THIS appears to be no other than a variety of 

 the former animal, differing in so few particulars 

 as scarce to admit of any other elucidation than 

 'what may be caught by the eye on contemplat- 

 ing its figure, which is here given from Edwards, 

 who drew it from a living specimen imported 

 from Hudson's Bay, and presented to Sir Hans 

 Sloane, in whose possession it continued for some 

 years, being perfectly tame and harmless. It 

 was about twice the size of a common Fox. Its 

 description, as given by Edwards, is as follows: 



" All the snout, upper and under jaw, as far as 

 the eyes, is of a black-colour : the forehead above 



