| adult wolverine | can climb |  |
| can swim | |
| defends food against wolf or grizzly bear | |
| eats roots, berries, mice, ground squirrels, birds' eggs, baby birds, fish, beavers, porcupines, moose, caribou, mountain goats, carrion | |
| has breeding season April to September | |
| has colour glossy dark brown with two pale buff stripes on the shoulders and flanks | |
| has good sense of smell | |
| has length 865-1070 mm | |
| has poor eyesight | |
| has temperament pugnacious, curious, bold and strong | |
| has part large, strong teeth suitable for crushing bones | |
| has part long, coarse fur | |
| has part partly retractile claws | |
| has part relatively long, strong legs | |
| has part scent glands | |
| has part short, bushy tail | |
| has part stout, muscular body | |
| is active in the day and at night | |
| is omnivorous | |
| is solitary | |
| is a kind of wolverine | |
| makes nest of grass and leaves | |
| makes sound bark, growl, hiss | |
| scavenges carcasses left by wolves and bears | |
| weighs 6.6-16.2 kg | |
| wolverine | can be killed by wolves, porcupines, humans | |
| has distribution northern Canada as far north as Ellesmere Island | |
| has habitat boreal forests, tundra, alpine tundra | |
| has name in French carcajou | |
has picture  | |
| has scientific name Gulo gulo | |
| lives under fallen tree, upturned root, rocky crevice, low tree bough | |
| weasel | has Family name Family Mustelidae | |
| carnivore | has Order name Order Carnivora | |
| is carnivorous or omnivorous | |
| mammal | is warm-blooded | |
| may catch rabies | |
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