The Wolverine. Mentioned in Goldsmith’s ‘Natural History,’ 1774.
1796. The Wolverene, called in Canada the Carcajou, and by hunters the Beaver Eater, seems to be a grade between the bear and the woodchuck.—Morse, ‘American Geography,’ i. 196. (N.E.D.)
1846. The “carcague” is a native of the Rocky Mountains, and of a family and species found in no other part of the world as yet known. He seems a distinct genus, partaking the mixed nature of the wolf and bear, but is far more ferocious than either…. In size, he is considerably larger than the common cur-dog, and is more agile in his movements.—Rufus B. Sage, ‘Scenes in the Rocky Mountains,’ pp. 126–7 (Phila.).
