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THE MARTEN. 



Martes Foina. GMEL. 



PLATE XIV. 



Tally including the hair, as long as the body, excluding 

 the neck and head ; upper parts greyish or yellowish-brown, 

 tJie feet and tail chocolate or blackish-brown; the throat 

 yellow in younger individuals ; in older white, that colour 

 extending over the breast. 



Mustek Martes, Linn. Syst. Nat. I. 67. Mustek Foina and 

 Martes, Desmar. Mammal. 181, 182; Jen. Brit. Vert. An. 

 11. Martes foina and abietum, Bell, Brit. Quadr. 167, 174. 



THE Martens differ from the Weasels in form, 

 proportions, and habits, in a much less degree than 

 that in which the Wolves differ from the Foxes. 

 Their body, however, is somewhat more elongated, 

 their head a little more pointed, their fur generally 

 longer ; they have an additional molar tooth in both 

 jaws ; and the larger grinder of the lower has a 

 small internal tubercle, which does not exist in that 

 of the Weasels. 



