The largest member of the weasel family, wolverines are fierce hunters, feeding on small rodents and even weakened caribou.
The wolverine is a powerful animal that resembles a small bear but is actually the largest member of the weasel family.
These
tough animals are solitary, and they need a lot of room to roam.
Individual wolverines may travel 15 miles (24 kilometers) in a day in
search of food. Because of these habitat requirements, wolverines
frequent remote boreal forests, taiga, and tundra in the northern
latitudes of Europe, Asia, and North America.
Wolverines eat a bit
of vegetarian fare, like plants and berries, in the summer season, but
this does not make up a major part of their diet—they are tenacious
predators with a taste for meat. Wolverines easily dispatch smaller
prey, such as rabbits and rodents, but may even attack animals many
times their size, such as caribou, if the prey appears to be weak or
injured. These opportunistic eaters also feed on carrion
