Gulo luscus

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Noun1.Gulo luscus - stocky shaggy-coated North American carnivorous mammalGulo luscus - stocky shaggy-coated North American carnivorous mammal
carcajou, skunk bear, wolverine
mustelid, musteline, musteline mammal - fissiped fur-bearing carnivorous mammals
genus Gulo, Gulo - a genus of Mustelidae
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Known as the glutton in Eurasia (the race Gulo gulo gulo) and as the wolverine in North America (the race Gulo gulo luscus), it is a carnivore that can attack much larger animals, but in the boreal forests it has to complement its diet with small rodents, eggs, nestlings, insects, wild fruit, and pine nuts.
The hyena of the taiga
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