wolverene

The Canadian voyageurs call the wolverene "carcajou;" while among the

Popular Adventure Tales Mayne Reid 1850

The Canadian voyageurs call the wolverene "carcajou;" while among the

The Young Voyageurs Boy Hunters in the North Mayne Reid 1850

The wolverene is the fur-trapper's greatest foe, and, as may be supposed, he has no mercy shown him.

The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America William Henry Giles Kingston 1847

Where the wolverene tumbles their packs from the camp and the grave-mound they made them;

Verses 1889-1896 Rudyard Kipling 1900

But more than this clouded his mind, he had been brought to say good-bye to Jessamine Buckner, who had scarcely seen him, and to give her a wolverene-skin, a hunting trophy.

Lin McLean Owen Wister 1899

Scarface went over to the forest and looked all about for the wolverene, but could not see him; so he sat down on a log to rest.

Blackfeet Indian Stories George Bird Grinnell 1893

Early in the morning they set out, and the wolverene showed Scarface the trail, and he followed it until he came to the water's edge.

Blackfeet Indian Stories George Bird Grinnell 1893

Some one close to him said, "What is it, my brother?" and looking around, he saw the wolverene sitting there.

Blackfeet Indian Stories George Bird Grinnell 1893

In short, it was, as the reader may have guessed, a wolverene, or glutton, an animal rarely seen in Maine even by the early settlers, for its habitat is much farther north.

A Busy Year at the Old Squire's 1887

The wolverene, as this strange quadruped is called by zoologists, lives in hollow trees or rocky caves, whence it issues at night and creates great havoc amongst beavers, musk-rats, and other rodents, sometimes fighting with a fox or a wolf for its spoils.

The Fur Country 1874