A wolverine has been spotted along the Columbia River, near Portland. It resembles a small bear and doesn't have a skeleton reinforced with adamantium, like the fictional "X-Men" superhero, Wolverine.
Wolverines are the largest member of the weasel family and this Monday’s sighting is the first confirmed report of a wolverine in Oregon outside of the Wallowa Mountains in over 30 years.
The mammal is rare and listed as threatened in the state.
Following the sighting, Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife biologists visited the area and also found a set of wolverine tracks.
ODFW and Cascadia Wild have set up two non-invasive monitoring stations nearby - each with a motion-detecting camera and a hair-collecting device.
Cascadia Wild and ODFW encourage people to report additional sightings of the wolverine.
