Gulo gulo

Gulo gulo (Linnaeus, 1758). Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:45. TYPE LOCALITY: "alpibus Lapponiae, Ruffiae, Sibiriae, sylvis vastissimis", restricted by Thomas (1911a) to "Lapland". DISTRIBUTION: Holarctic taiga and S tundra, south to 50°N (Eurasia) and 37°N (North America). STATUS: IUCN...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: W. Christopher Wozencraft
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Published: Smithsonian Institution Press 1993
Subjects:
Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Carnivora
Mustelidae
Gulo
Gulo gulo
Elliot
taiga
Tundra
Lapland
Online Access:https://zenodo.org/record/7288506
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7288506
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Summary:Gulo gulo (Linnaeus, 1758). Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:45. TYPE LOCALITY: "alpibus Lapponiae, Ruffiae, Sibiriae, sylvis vastissimis", restricted by Thomas (1911a) to "Lapland". DISTRIBUTION: Holarctic taiga and S tundra, south to 50°N (Eurasia) and 37°N (North America). STATUS: IUCN - Vulnerable. SYNONYMS: arcticus Desmarest, 1820; arctos Kaup, 1829; auduboni Matschie, 1918; bairdi Matschie, 1918; biedermanni Matschie, 1918; borealis Nilsson, 1820; hylaeus Elliot, 1905; kamtschaticus Dybowsky, 1922; katschenakensis Matschie, 1918; luscus Linnaeus, 1758; luteus Elliot, 1904; niediecki Matschie, 1918; sibirica Pallas, 1780; vancouverensis Goldman, 1935; vulgaris Oken, 1816; wachei Matschie, 1918. COMMENTS: Degerbol (1935) and Kurtén and Rausch (1959) demonstrated that gulo and luscus are conspecific. Published as part of W. Christopher Wozencraft, 1993, Order Carnivora, pp. 279-348 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 318, DOI:10.5281/zenodo.7359191

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