The wolverine Gulo gulo Linnaeus, 1758 from the Late Pleistocene site at Kaniv: a short review of the history of the species in the Ukraine

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Received: 21 January 2011 Accepted: 15 June 2011 MARCISZAK A., KOVALCHUK O. 2011. The wolverine Gulo gulo LINNAEUS, 1758 from the Late Pleistocene site at Kaniv: a short review of the history of the species in the Ukraine. Acta zoologica cracoviensia, 54A(1-2): 47-53. Abstract. A right fragment of the maxilla of Gulo gulo was found in the Late Pleistocene locality of Kaniv in central Ukraine. The specimen is assigned to the Late Pleistocene form because of its large size and morphological characters of teeth. Fossil remains of Gulo gulo are known from 10 localities in Ukraine, but most of them are not well dated. Palaeontological and historical records of wolverine from Ukraine are discussed.