Gulo gulo

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Wolverine

View of head and forequarters. Also as Glutton|Skunk Bear.
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Location:USA, WA, Tacoma, Northwest Trek Wildlife ParkDate taken:Jan 1, 1978

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 442

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Carnivora
Suborder : Caniformia
Infraorder : Arctoidea
Parvorder : Mustelida
Family : Mustelidae
Subfamily : Guloninae
Genus : Gulo

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Linnaeus, C. 1758-01-01. Systema naturæ per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm, 823 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033856

Original name as described

Mustela Gulo

Other common names

Glutton · Skunk Bear

Type locality

Lapland.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic · Palearctic

Country distribution

United States · Canada · Russia · China · Mongolia · Finland · Sweden · Norway · Estonia

Subregion distribution

USA(AK, ID, WA, OR, CA, NV, UT)

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005816

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 47 names and synonyms.

Mustela Gulo

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

gulo

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

45

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033856

Authority publication

Stockholm

Name usages

  1. Linnaeus (1758:45, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033856) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57429)
  2. Linnaeus (1766:67, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42946263) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38438)
  3. Müller (1776:3, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41499644) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37288)
  4. Erxleben (1777:477, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15873274) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36060)
  5. Griffith (1822:255, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53016550) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68342)

Ursus luscus

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

luscus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

47

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033858

Authority publication

Stockholm

Name usages

  1. Linnaeus (1758:47, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033858) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57429)
  2. Linnaeus (1766:71, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42946267) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38438)
  3. Boddaert (1772:47, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43563419) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67754)
  4. Erxleben (1777:167, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15872964) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36060)
  5. Borowski (1780:78, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28347036) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67757)
  6. Zimmermann (1783:176) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69242)
  7. Gmelin (1788:103, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25751323) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35943)
  8. Kerr (1792:189, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664213) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36283)
  9. Link (1795:86, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46272962) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35635)
  10. Turton (1802:64, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25772920) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69249)
  11. Goldfuss (1809:258, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47498092) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34654)
  12. Cuvier (1816:146, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1844656) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39676)
  13. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Ursus Gulo

(N. G. Leske, 1779)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

gulo

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

150

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

  1. Leske (1779:150) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69307)
  2. Borowski (1780:67, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28347025) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67757)
  3. Zimmermann (1783:158, 164) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69242)
  4. Zimmermann (1783:164) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69242)
  5. Gmelin (1788:104, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25751324) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35943)
  6. Kerr (1792:189, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664213) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36283)
  7. Link (1795:86, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46272962) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35635)
  8. Cuvier (1797:112, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11637194) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38531)
  9. Daudin (1802:154, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033404) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64044)
  10. Turton (1802:64, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25772920) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69249)
  11. Goldfuss (1809:258, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47498092) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34654)
  12. Cuvier (1816:145, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1844655) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39676)
  13. Gray (1821:301) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9308)
  14. Brincken (1828:45, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43561233) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67578)
  15. Serres (1832:23) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/43474)

Gulo sibiricus

Pallas, 1780

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

sibiricus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

35

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27823513

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Meles Gulo

(Boddaert, 1785)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

gulo

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

81

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28230045

Authority publication

Rotterdam

Name usages

  1. Boddaert (1785:81, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28230045) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35384)
  2. Treviranus (1802:208, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11026074) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72409)
  3. Treviranus (1803:176, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11028204) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/41587)
  4. Fischer (1814:xi, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130072) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12226)

Meles Luscus

(Boddaert, 1785)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

luscus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

80

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28230044

Authority publication

Rotterdam

Name usages

  1. Boddaert (1785:80, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28230044) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35384)
  2. Treviranus (1803:176, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11028204) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/41587)

Ursus Gulo albus

(Kerr, 1792)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

albus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

190

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664214

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Name usages

Kerr (1792:190, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664214) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36283)

Mustella Gulo

(J. Wolf, 1796)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

gulo

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

309

Authority publication

Nuremberg

Name usages

Wolf (1796:309) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72410)

Taxus gulo

(É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

gulo

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

83

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1803:83) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19153)
  2. Muirhead (1819:413) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69481)

Meles lusca

(G. Fischer, 1814)

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

luscus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

xi

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130072

Authority publication

Moscow

Name usages

Fischer (1814:xi, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130072) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12226)

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