### animal | vertebrate | mammal:

Wolverine
* Many wolverines are shot due to their habit of preying upon animals that are trapped for fur.
* Most wolverines are nocturnal but very active in the day.
* Most wolverines attain maturity
  - sexual maturity
  - bring down prey
  - build dens
  - eat mammals
  - has-part eyes
* Most wolverines have eyesights
  - heads
  - jaws
  - poor eyesights
  - powerful jaws
  - strong teeth
  - prefer habitats
* Most wolverines survive for long periods
* Some wolverines attack prey
  - eat porcupines
  - emerge from forests
  - feed on berries
* Some wolverines have anal glands
  - scent glands
  - diseases
  - meat
  - natural predators
  - short legs
  - sides
* Some wolverines kill animals
  - lynxes
  - moose
* Some wolverines live in Utah
  - states
  - look like bears
  - make dens
  - move into ranges
* Some wolverines possess balls
  - senses
* Some wolverines rely on deep snow
  - retract claws
  - thrive in habitats
  - walk on feet.
  * are omnivores. They eat berries and nuts as well as small animals and even large game. Their main source of food is carrion. They often chase a predator away from its prey and take the kill for themselves. They are one of the smallest and most powerful predators in the world
* also have good hearing, but likely have poor vision
  - seem to be aware of how to store food
* are active at any time of day, year round
  - also keen scavengers, with powerful jaws that can crush bones and frozen carcasses
  - by far the most aggressive animals here
  - carnivores
  - considered a rare and vulnerable species
  - creatures of cold, snowy landscapes
  - demographically vulnerable and susceptible to impacts from climate change
* are found at low densities across Alaska
  - in Northern Europe, Siberia, and northern North America
  - generally solitary animals
  - good climbers and often rest in trees
  - known to have a different approach to obstacles than other creatures
  - largely nocturnal, but they are often active in daylight
* are mainly terrestrial and move with a loping gallop
  - though they are strong swimmers and excellent tree climbers
  - notorious scavengers and thieves
  - occasionally able to capture a deer, or chase another predator away from a kill
  - one of the largest mustelids
* are opportunistic and their diet vary with season and location
  - feeders and eat a variety of foods depending on availability
  - polygamous
  - present but never abundant
  - scavengers, using the kills of larger predators, such as bear and wolves
* are sexually dimorphic
  - mature at two to three years of age
  - sneaky when finding food, too
  - solitary animals except during summer breeding season
  - territorial animals and defend large, gender-exclusive territories
  - the largest member of the weasel family in North America
  - very active creatures, who'll turn on an instant to another activity or interest
  - well known, too, for their predation on trappers' catches, and cached provisions
* are, however, extremely rare in Michigan.
  - most of their adult size and weight within their first year
* can even break into canned goods with their sharp canines.
* communicate through vocalizations and scent marking.
* do, however, deserve their reputation for being fierce, even vicious animals.
* eat bird eggs, berries and any animal they can kill
* exhibit delayed implantation
* experience vernal and autumnal molts.
* feed on other animals if there is opportunity.
* frequently cache their food during times of plenty.
* has-part backs
* have a highly developed sense of smell and can smell food underneath the snow
  - keen sense of smell and hearing
  - near-mythical reputation for toughness and resilience
  - very keen sense of smell that helps it locate food
  - wide variety of nicknames
  - an arched back and a foot-long, bushy tail
  - appetite
  - few, if any, natural predators
* have powerful jaws that can crush bones
  - short, thick legs and long, curved, non-retractile claws
  - thick, dark, oily fur which is highly hydrophobic , making it resistant to frost
* includes brains
  - breasts
  - cell membranes
  - cells
  - chest cavities
  - chests
  - corpi
  - cytoplasm
  - faces
  - nuclei
  - pedal extremities
  - piluses
  - plasma membranes
  - rib cages
  - sections
  - skulls
  - sterna
  - vacuoles
  - vertebrate feet
* live in remote areas where human populations are sparse.
* mate in early summer, but implantation of the egg is delayed until winter.
* nurse for weeks.
* occupy areas.
* possess a powerful jaw and strong neck muscles.
* prefer colder areas because they use the snow for dens, besides food storage
  - forest habitats and open plains
* reproduce every two or three years.
* roam forests
  - mountains
* tend to live in remote and inhospitable places away from human populations
  - utilize areas that make traveling easy
* travel extensively in search of food.
* usually breed during the summer.