New Delhi, April 23 -- Wolverines (Gulo gulo), the mustelid carnivore of the world's boreal forests, are making a comeback in southern Finland after having been wiped out from there due to hunting, a new study has found.

Researchers at Aalto University in Finland combined snow track counts of wolverines with national forest inventory data based on satellite images and field measurements.

This approach allowed them to examine the influence of forest characteristics on wolverine presence on a large scale, a statement by the university said.

The wolverine was classified as endangered in Finland already in the 1980s. The species is known to have inhabited southern Finland till the 19th century after which, hunting caused its local extirpat...