MAMMALS—MARTINAE-GULO LUSCUS. 
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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 hear 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 formula of this genus is the same as in the typical martens, viz: incisors 
canines premolars molars = ^ = 38. 
GULO LUSCUS. 
Wolverine. 
A. European. 
Mustela gulo, Linn, Syst. Nat. 1766, 67. 
Ursus gulo, Schreber, Saugt. Ill, 1778, 525; pi. cxliv. 
Gulo borealis, Nilsson, Ill. 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. I, 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.) 
Gulo 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 arclicus, 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. (Leverian Museum.) 
Church, Cabinet of Quadrupeds, II, 1805 ; plate. 
Sp. Ch.—D ark 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, 
