📸 PhotoPhoto: Zefram · CC BY 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons Source
Wolverine
Gulo gulo (Wolverine · クズリ)
💡 Everyday Comparisons for Size, Mass & Speed
- 💡 Its body length of 105 cm is just under the height of a 1st-grade elementary school child (about 1.2 m) (Comparison).
- 💡 Its weight of 30 kg equals the weight of three 10 kg bags of rice (Comparison).
- 💡 Because its fur resists frost, Arctic Indigenous peoples used it to line parkas (ADW).
Reference standards: coach bus ~12 m, mid-size car ~4.9 m, compact car ~1 t, basketball hoop 3.05 m, credit card 8.56 cm.
Site-computed relative index from recorded values; not a formal scientific metric.
📖 1. Overview
The Wolverine is one of the largest members of the weasel family, living in cold northern forests and tundra. Famous for its ferocity, it has even been recorded driving bears and wolves off their kills.
🦴 2. Anatomy & Morphology
Each of its short, powerful legs has 5 toes, and its semi-plantigrade gait spreads its weight well over snow. Females are about 10% smaller than males in body length and about 30% lighter in weight.
🔍 3. Ecology & Behavior
An opportunist, it eats everything from small eggs to large deer such as reindeer and moose, and also scavenges kills made by other predators. It caches food and sprays it with anal gland scent; mating takes place from May to August, with females usually breeding every 2 years.
🇰🇷 4. Connection to Korea
No direct record connecting this species to Korea has been found.
📚 Sources & References
- • IUCN Red List LC (2016) — https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/9561/45198537
- • IUCN Red List category LC — latest assessment at iucnredlist.org
- • mammaldiversity.org — 1005816
- • iucnredlist.org — 45198537
- • wikidata.org — Q14334
- • commons.wikimedia.org — File:Gulo gulo 2.jpg
- • animaldiversity.org — Gulo gulo
- • Silhouette: PhyloPic — Margot Michaud · CC0 1.0
Recorded dimensions are widely cited representative estimates from public literature and may vary by study or specimen.