The wolverine also referred to as the glutton, carcajou, or quickhatch is the largest land dwelling species of the family "Mustelidae". It is a muscular carnivore and a solitary animal. The wolverine has a reputation for ferocity and strength out of proportion to its size, with the ability to kill prey many times larger than itself. Wolverines have the characteristics of a dog a bear and, a skunk. They have long snouts, short legs, and thick, dark, oily, highly hydrophobic fur, making them resistant to frost.

A light-silvery facial mask is distinct in some individuals, and a pale buff stripe runs laterally from the shoulders along the side and crosses the rump just above a bushy tail. Some individuals display prominent white hair patches on their throats or chests. Wolverines, like other mustelids, possess a special upper molar in the back of the mouth that is rotated 90 degrees, towards the inside of the mouth. This special characteristic allows wolverines to tear off meat from prey or carrion that has been frozen solid. Wolverines prefer colder areas and inhabit the Arctic and subarctic, Alpine forests, grasslands, taiga, tundra, and boreal forests of Europe, Asia, and northern parts of North America. Apart from carrion they often eat large game like moose, caribou, and mountain goats; also smaller animals like rodents and ground squirrels, and sometimes birds' eggs and berries.

Males are called wolverines, females angelines and babies are kits or whelps.

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