Место издания:University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Agriculture Novi Sad, Serbia
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Аннотация:Wolverine (Gulo gulo L., 1758) is one of the biggest species among contemporary fauna of mammals (Mammalia), representing the Mustelids' familia (Mustelidae), its weight reaches up to 28 kg. The wolverine is animal with unique and very especial ecological niche. It is omnivorous (getter and scavenger) and very strong nomad predator with tremendous individual range. The wolverine is excellently adapting to far distance migrations in conditions of deep snow.
This is a Holarctic and Hypoarctic species and the larger part of its area occupy the southern tundra, forest and tundra zone, northern taiga in Northern America and Eurasia. The territory to the north and to the south of this belt is characterized by very small number of this species, and some insignificant transgressions are marked into arctic tundra and southern taiga. In mountain regions the specics raises up to tundra belt. The reproductive territory lies in the framework of the northern taiga subzone of taiga zone.