MartEs. I4t 
highly prized ; the dentition differs from the typical AZus¢e/a in having four 
more teeth and an additional false molar on either side in each jaw ; 
and the inner side of the carnassial or flesh tooth has a tubercle which 
is not present in the weasels; head elongate ; feet very hairy; space 
between the pads hairy, often covering them from sight, except in the 
case of Martes flavigula, of which the soles are nude. 
No. 177. MARTES FLAVIGULA. 
The White-cheeked Marten ( Jerdon’s No. 96). 
Native Names.—Aalsampra, Nepalese ; Zuturala in Kumaon ; 
Kusiah in Sirmoor ; Huniah or Aniar, Bhotia; Sakku, Lepcha. 
Hasirat.—Nepal, Thibet, Kumaon, Gurhwal, Sirmoor, Assam, 
Burmah, Ceylon. 
DeEscription.—Glossy blackish brown, with the throat and breast 
_ yellow ; the chin and lower parts white, from which I have preferred to 
call it after Pennant “ the White-cheeked Marten” instead of the “ yellow- 
throated,” this characteristic belonging also to some other species. The 
fur seems to vary a good deal. Jerdon says of it: ‘The body is at 
_ times dirty brownish or chestnut brown, or brown mixed with grey, and 
the middle of the back is sometimes paler than the rest, or the same tint 
as the sides of the body. In some the top of the head is pale brown, but 
it is edged by a dark peripheral line, and in some there are one or more 
irregular dark spots between the fore-limbs.” 
Blyth writes of the Burmese specimens that they are ‘similar to the 
Himalayan, but differing from the Malayan race—found also in 
Formosa—by having much longer fur, and a wholly black cap instead 
of a brown cap with a black periphery.” The soles are nude. 
SizE.—Head and body about 20 inches; tail, including fur, 12 
inches. 
This Indian Marten, according to Jerdon, is also found in Ceylon ; it 
was, however, appparently unknown to Kellaart, nor does Sir Emerson 
Tennent allude to it. It is to be had in the Neilgherries, the Khasia 
hills, and the ranges in Arakan, as well asin the valleys of the great 
Himalayan chain up to 7000 or 8000 feet of elevation. It is found in 
pairs or in small families of five or six. If hunted it takes to trees 
at once, being a good climber. According to Captain the Hon. C. 
Shore, who observed its habits in Kumaon and Gurnwal, “its food is 
chiefly birds, rats, mice, hares and even young fawns of the kakur or 
barking-deer.” He adds: ‘‘The specimen sent to the Zoological 
Society was brought to me in September 1828, when it was about four 
months old. It had been caught when not many days old, and was so 
tame that it was always kept “loose about a well, sporting about the 
windlasses, posts, &c,, and playing tricks with the people who came to 
