Full grown alaska wolverine. Hunters and trappers in alaska harvest about 550 wolverines each year. A solitary animal it has a reputation for ferocity and strength out of proportion to its size with the documented ability to kill prey many times larger than itself. Body length is up to 40 ins 110 cm not including tail.
Juvenile wolverines are nearly full grown and probably nutritionally independent from the mother by september may et al. The female wolverine is 30 to 40 percent smaller than the male with a height of 14 inches a weight of 15 to 30 pounds and a length of roughly 31 inches. Extremely rare footage of alaskan wolverine seen running on the denali highway.
Wolverine vs honey badger who would win. Adult males are 30 40 heavier than females and generally weigh 24 40 pounds 11 18 kg while adult females weigh 13 26 pounds 6 12 kg. Wolverines are a wide ranging species that naturally at low densities and require large expanses of wilderness.
Off day duration. Males can stand 16 inches tall at the shoulders and weigh 25 to 55 pounds with a length up to 44 inches. Thats around the size of a large pit bull but with bags more attitude.
Because wolverine reproductive potential and survivorship is low its important to understand where and when animals are. As a proud pitbull owner i think this is a horrible way of thinking. Young are weaned at 9 10 weeks iversen 1972 and begin to travel with mothers in early summer.
Something i have always advocated against. Wolverines have a very stocky powerful and muscular build. Average males weigh 20 55 lbs 9 25 kg but the biggest recorded weigh nearer 75 lbs 35 kg.
Vice sports 236896 views. Home range estimates for wolverines in south central alaska show females use about 300 to 600 square kilometers 115 230 square miles and males use about 700 to 1000 square kilometers 270 to 380 square miles. Movements of 11 wolverines in the chugach mountains east of anchorage and one wolverine on the kenai peninsula further south.
The wolverine gulo gulo also referred to as the glutton carcajou skunk bear or quickhatch is the largest land dwelling species of the family mustelidae. At birth their fur is white they weigh an average of 840 grams and have a crown rump length of 1210 mm davis 1967. This was a once in a lifetime chance to see these animals which are very shy to people and especially the camera.
Some male wolverines have been known to exceed 70 pounds. To wonder what animal would win in a fight means you are a person who would enjoy watching animals fight.