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Wolverines
Gulo
The wolverine (/ˈwʊlvəriːn/) (also spelled wolverene), Gulo gulo (Gulo is Latin for "glutton"), also referred to as the glutton, carcajou, skunk bear, or quickhatch, is the largest land-dwelling species of the family Mustelidae. It is a stocky and muscular carnivore, more closely resembling a small bear than other mustelids. The wolverine, a solitary animal, has a reputation for ferocity and strength out of proportion to its size, with the documented ability to kill prey many times...
1 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 1 known species
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Jean Jules Linden — Pescatorea: iconographie des orchidées (1860)
Jean Jules Linden · 1860 · p.77
Garden of Health (Hortus Sanitatis)
Jacob Meydenbach · 1491 · p.44
History of Plants in Four Books
Valerius Cordus · 1561 · p.399
Description of the Plants of America
Charles Plumier · 1693 · p.213
Description of the Plants of America
Charles Plumier · 1693 · p.202
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Every page naming Gulo in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 41851.