86 



MUSTETJD^E. 



b. Skull sivolhm, flattened ; nose short ; upper cnttin(/-teeth erect ; tail 

 moderate, not so long as body ; suhci/lindricai, Foina. 



8. Martes foina. (Beech-Marten.) B.M. 



Black-brown ; throat white. The tubercular grinder is large, 

 massive, narrow on the inner side, as in the M. abietum, but not 

 quite so lai'ge as compared with the other teeth. 



The pad of the soles always exposed {Baird). 



Mustela martes, var. fagorum, Linn. S. N. i. p. 67. 



Mustek foiua, Briss. K A. p. 246 ; Keyserl. 8f Bias. W. E. i. p. 67 ; 



Blalnv. Osteogr. Mustela, t. 4 (skeleton), t. 13. f. (teeth). 

 Martes fagorum, Rag. 

 Martes domestica, Gesner. 

 Martes foina, JVilsson, Skand. Fauna, p. 167 ; Gray, P. Z. S. 1865, 



p. 108 ; Gerrard, Cat. Bones B. M. p. 191. 

 Fouine, Buffon, H. N. \di. t. 18-21. 



Hab. Europe and Eastern Asia, in houses (England, France). 



c. Skidl swollen, flattened ; nose short, hroad ; vjiper cutting -teeth 

 projecting ; tail elongate, slender. Charronia. 



9. Martes flavigula. (White-cheeked Weasel.) B.M. 



Yellowish ; head, nape, rump, legs, and tail black ; chin and lower 

 parts white. The tubercular grinder is moderate-sized, transverse, 

 scarcely larger on the inner side ; but this is larger, compared with 

 its breadth, than that of the Martes americana. 



Mustela flavigula, Bodd. 



Mustela Hardwickii, Horsf. Zool. Jouni. iv. t. 8. 



Viverra quadricolor, Shaiv, Zool. 



Mustela leucotis, H. Smith, in GriflUWs A. K. t. 



Martes Gwatkinsii, P. Z. S. 1858, p. 616. 



Mustela lasiotis, Tenim. 



Martes flavigvda, Hodgson, P. Z. S. 1856, p. 398 ; 1858, p. 516 ; Gray, 



Cat. Mamm. B. M. p. 64 ; P. Z. S. 1865, p. 108. 

 Martes Elliottii, Mus. E. Ind. Company. 



Hah. Nepal Hills. 

 ,J^ See Mustela martes Henricii, Westermann, Bijdrag. tot de Dierk. 

 p. 13, t.? M^Jir. IHI f'-lS. t '^ ^^^^^tf<*^JiAA^>tu^^^£^, 



Hah. Java, Sumatra, Borneo. re^Aot^JiJi-r 



Length of skull 



nose from front of orbit 



palate 



tooth-line from front \ 



of canine f 



lower jaw 



width over ears 



of nose in front of orbit 



1 3 



2 3 

 1 4 

 lOi 



%S 



in. 1. 



2 10 



9 



1 5 



1 



1 1\ 



1 2i 



8 



Sa 



in. 1. 



3 1 



lOJ 



1 i 



1 



2 

 1 6 

 9 



Sis 



in. 1. 

 3 1 



10 



1 6i 



1 2 



1 11 

 1 6 

 9^ 



ST 



M eg 



in. 1 



3 ^ 



10 



1 7 



1 1 



2 

 1 8 

 lOJ 



in. 1. 



4 



1 1 



2 



1 6 



2 7 



1 n\ 



11 



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