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The wolverines’ habitat spans vast swaths of North America, from the Northern Rocky Mountains and the North Cascades in the lower 48 states to the boreal forests and tundra regions of Alaska and ...
The agency will develop a map of habitat deemed critical for the elusive species known for its ferocity. In the interim, it will ... Wolverines now listed as a threatened species
As implemented, the wolverine listing gives the government one year to designate critical habitat where commercial activities will be restricted to further the animal's recovery.
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").
Today, some mustelids are threatened for other reasons. Sea otters are vulnerable to oil spills and the indirect effects of overfishing; the black-footed ferret, a relative of the European polecat, suffers from the loss of American prairie; and wolverine populations are slowly declining because of habitat destruction and persecution.
U.S, Fish and Wildlife Service now lists the wolverine as a threatened species, despite the opposition of Montana’s Congressional delegation. Montana habitat key in plans to protect wolverine ...
Endangered (EN) – very high risk of extinction in the wild, meets any of criteria A to E for Endangered. Vulnerable (VU) – meets one of the 5 Red List criteria and thus considered to be at high risk of unnatural (human-caused) extinction without further human intervention. Near Threatened (NT) – close to being endangered in the near future.
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 ...