GLUTTON. 



THE GLUTTON, OR WOLVERENE. 

 Genus Gulo. 



The glutton (Gulo luscus), which is the only representative of the genus to 

 which it belongs, is a very different-looking animal to any of the foregoing, from 



THE GLUTTON, OR WOLVEKENE (J nat. size). 



which it is likewise distinguished by its superior dimensions. In spite, however, 

 of these differences, naturalists are in accord in regarding the glutton (or, as it is 

 called in America, wolverene) as a member of the typical or weasel-like section 

 of the family. 



The glutton, which is an inhabitant of the northern regions of both the 

 Western and Eastern Hemispheres, has the same number of teeth as in the martens ; 

 but these are unusually large and powerful, and distantly recall those of the 



