According to the National Park Service, there have only been seven wolverines documented in Yellowstone and adjoining forests between 2006 and 2009
One of the "rarest mammals" to inhabit Yellowstone National Park has been caught on a wildlife camera for the very first time.
Park officials announced on Wednesday that animal experts were able to capture footage of a wild wolverine from one of their remote trail cameras located outside of the Mammoth Hot Springs area.
The video, which was posted to Yellowstone's Facebook page, shows the animal running across a snowy, forested area on the morning of Dec. 4.
The sighting was the first time a wolverine was spotted by a remote camera since the equipment was deployed in 2014 to monitor the cougar population, according to the park.
"Last month, park biologists were excited to find one of Yellowstone's rarest mammals triggered a remote trail camera outside the Mammoth Hot Springs area!" Yellowstone said on its Facebook, calling the species "elusive mammals."
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