Gulo sudorus

Gulo sudorus
The holotype specimen of Gulo sudorus (ETMNH 3663).
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Placentalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Mustelidae
Genus: Gulo
Species:
G. sudorus
Binomial name
Gulo sudorus
Samuels, Bredehoeft & Wallace, 2018

Gulo sudorus is an extinct species of wolverines that belongs to the family Mustelidae. It lived in North America and Eurasia during the early Pliocene epoch around 4.5-4.9 million years ago.[1]

The holotype specimen of Gulo sudorus is ETMNH 3663 being discovered in Gray Fossil site located in eastern Tennessee.[1][2]

References

  1. 1 2 Samuels, Joshua X.; Bredehoeft, Keila E.; Wallace, Steven C. (2018). "A new species of Gulo from the Early Pliocene Gray Fossil Site (Eastern United States); rethinking the evolution of wolverines". PeerJ. 6. doi:10.7717/peerj.4648. ISSN 2167-8359. PMC 5910791. PMID 29682423.
  2. ↑ "Gulo sudorus Samuels, Bredehoeft & Wallace, 2018". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2026-05-27.
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