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(Reuters) -The North American wolverine, a fierce mountain predator closely related to badgers and skunks, gained U.S. protection as a threatened species on Wednesday under a Biden administration ...
Wolverines could face extinction unless they can get government protection (Jeff Copeland/AP) ... Wolverines will join a list of over 1,000 species endangered in the US, from toads to gazelles ...
The North American wolverine has officially been listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act and will receive long-anticipated federal protections, US officials announced Wednesday, as ...
The wolverine's questionable reputation as an insatiable glutton (reflected in its Latin genus name Gulo, meaning "glutton") may be in part due to a false etymology.The less common name for the animal in Norwegian, fjellfross, meaning "mountain cat", is thought to have worked its way into German as Vielfraß, [5] which means "glutton" (literally "devours much").
According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), 65 mammal species in the United States are threatened or nearly threatened with extinction. [1] The IUCN has classified each of these species into one of four conservation statuses: near threatened NT, vulnerable VU, endangered EN, and critically endangered CR.
The species is in imminent danger of extinction in the wild. EN: EN: Endangered: The species is facing a very high risk of extinction in the wild. VU: VU: Vulnerable: The species is facing a high risk of extinction in the wild. NT: NT: Near threatened: The species does not qualify as being at high risk of extinction but is likely to do so in ...
Dec. 1—The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has determined that shorter winters and springs with reduced high-elevation snowpacks brought on by climate change are degrading habitat for wolverines ...
Nov. 29—Wolverines are now protected as a threatened species in the Lower 48 under the federal Endangered Species Act, bringing an extensive legal dispute to a close. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife ...