208 

 CARNIVORA. 



MUSTELAIXE. 



MUSTELADJZ 



Genus, Maries. (Ray.) 



MARTEN. 



Generic Character. Grinding teeth : ; body much elongated; feet short, 

 with separate toes ; tongue smooth. 



COMMON MARTEN. 



MARTERON, MARTERN, MARTLETT, STONE MARTEN, 

 BEECH MARTEN. 



Maries foina. 



Specific Character. Greyish-brown ; throat white ; under-fur whitish. 

 The third upper grinder convex on its outer margin ; the fifth notched 

 externally. 



Mustela martes, var. gutture albo, LINN. Syst. Nat. I. p. 67. 



,, foina, GMEL. LINN. Syst. Nat. p. 95. DESMAR. Mammal, 



p. 182. JENYNS, Brit. Vert. p. 11. BLASIUS Saugeth. 

 p. 217. 

 Maries fagorum, RAY, Syn. p. 200. FLEM. Brit. An. p. 14. 



,, saxorum, KLEIN, Quad, p 64. 



La Fouine, BUFFON, Hist. Nat. VII. p. 161, t. xviii. 



Martern, Marteron, MERRETT, Pinax, p. 167. 



Marten, PENN. Brit. Zool. I. p. 92, No. 13, t. vi. SHAW, Gen. 



Zool. I. p. 409. 



