Where does the wolverine live?
The wolverine lives mainly in the remote reaches of the northern boreal forests, subarctic tundra and mountains of the Northern Hemisphere. The greatest numbers are in northern Canada, Alaska, the Nordic countries, and western Russia and Siberia. It also lives in Mongolia and north-eastern China. It has become essentially absent from the southern end of its range, in both Europe and North America.
What does the wolverine eat?
The wolverine is mainly a scavenger: it finds carrion on its own, eats what other predators, often a wolf pack, have left, or simply takes it from them. Yet it has a reputation for ferocity and strength out of proportion to its size: it can kill prey many times larger than itself. Solitary and very shy, it is the largest land member of the weasel family, with a stocky, extremely muscular build.
Is the wolverine endangered?
It is listed as Least Concern by the IUCN, but its population has steadily declined since the 19th century because of trapping, range reduction and habitat fragmentation.
