together to create an island, which is the world that is presently inhabited along with all the animals. Many tales of Kuekuatsheu are often humorous and irreverent and include crude references to bodily functions. Some Northeastern tribes, such as the Miꞌkmaq and Passamaquoddy, refer to the wolverine as Lox, who usually appears in tales as a trickster and thief (although generally more dangerous than its Innu counterpart) and is often depicted as a companion to the wolf. Similarly, the Dené, a group of the Athabaskan-speaking natives of northwestern Canada, have many stories of the wolverine as a trickster and cultural transformer much like the coyote in the Navajo tradition or raven in Northwest Coast traditions. Gallery References External links Large Carnivore Initiative for Europe: Wolverine: scientific articles about wolverines Forest Service Wolverine research Patsy, V. and M. Sygo (2009). Gulo gulo Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology. Accessed 8 September 2012. Mammals described in 1758 Arctic land animals Mammals of the Arctic Scavengers Holarctic fauna Mammals of Asia Mammals of Canada Mammals of Europe Mammals of the United States Fauna of the Sierra Nevada (United States) Carnivorans of Europe Articles containing video clips Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus