Wolverine  (Gulo gulo)

Range

Wolverines have a circumpolar distribution in the northern hemisphere, and are found from the western United States, Canada, and Alaska to Siberia, Russia, Eastern Europe and Scandinavia (3). Previously their distribution extended further south reaching the Baltic States and southern California respectively, but with human encroachment the range has retreated northwards, leaving remnant populations in pockets of remaining wilderness in sub-arctic regions (3). Populations in North America and Europe are sometimes divided into separate subspecies, known as Gulo gulo luscus and G. g. gulo, respectively (5).

View a distribution map for this species at UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre.

Habitat

Found in alpine, tundra and northern taiga habitats (4).

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