1. M.Vr.TES. 



81 



tt Thepnhm amUohH of the f.et diyhthj hairy between the pad.; the 

 two inner hinder toes with a hand of hair on the iimer side of 

 the under surface. 3Iuzzle bald, transverse. 



1/). Hydrogale. Claws acute. Skull elongate ; orbits not defined 

 behind, without any superior orbital prominence. Hind feet 

 elongate. Toes slender, broadly webbed. 



ttt Pabm and soles of feet hairy between the pads. Muzzle bald be- 

 tween the nostrils, and produced into an angle on the upper edye. 



16. Latax. 



B. Tail conical, elongate, rather depressed, covered with hair, and rvith 

 a raised rounded ridge on each side. 



17. PTERONtTRA. 



Tribe 3 Enhydrina. Head depressed. Feet large, elongate, rather 

 fan-like, hairy above and below. Tail short, cylindrical 

 (jrmders massive, flat-crowned. 



18. Enhtdbis. 



Tribe I. MUSTELINA. 



Head oblong Toes slightly webbed. Tail cylindrical. Habits 

 terrestrial or arboreal. 



Mustelina, Gray, Ann. Phil. 1825 ; P. Z. S. 18G5, p 108 

 Martinaj, Burmeister, Baird, N. A. M. p. 148. 



^" '^'^'^nf^f''- f^'^'f f' ^■"^^^"'^ f>airy,with four bald pad. in front. 

 Body elongate Anal glands developed. Tail shnder. Tubercular 

 grinder short, transverse. 



1. MARIES. 



Teeth 38; false grinders |. Head elongate; feet very hairy 



space be ween the pads covered ; the haii- of the feet is elongate, and 



more or less completely covers the bald pads at the base of the toes 



and hides the toes and claws, especially during the cold weather. 



Martes, Cimer ; Gray, L. M. B. M. xx. p. 63 ; P. Z. S. 1865, p. 104 ; 



^dsson, Skand. Fauna, p. 166. ; f • ' 



a. Sktdl elongate, narroiv, 2cith the nose rather produced. 

 Tad moderate, not so long as the body and head, bushy. Martes. 

 t The hinder upper tubercular grinder large, massive, nearly twice as long on 

 the inner as on the outer side. 



1. Martes abietmn. (Pine-Marten.) B.Jl. 



Brown ; throat yellow or yellow-spotted. 

 Mustek martes, Linn. S. X. p. 167 : Keyserl. ^- Bias. W. E. i. p 67 • 

 Pallas, Zoog,: I p. 85 ; Bonap. Faun. Ital. t. ; Brandt, Zobel't. 3 • 

 Middendorf, A. u. O. Sib. Sdugeth. p. 69, t. 2. f. 1, 6. 



