PINE MARTEN. 



CARN1VORA. 



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MUSTELAD^E. 



PINE MARTEN. 

 Maries abietum. 



Specific Character. Rich brown ; throat yellow ; under -fur yellowish -grey. 

 The third upper grinder concave on its outer margin ; the fifth simply rounded 

 externally. 



Mustela martes, LINN. Syst. Nat. I. p. 67. DESMAR. Mammal, p. 181, 

 sp. 280. JENYNS, Brit. Vert. p. 11. BLASIUS, Saugeth. 

 p. 213. 



Martes abietum, RAY, Syn. Quad. 200. FLEM. Brit. An. p. 14. 



La Marte, BUFFON, Hist. Nat. VII. p. 190, t. xxii. 



Pine Marten, PENN. Brit. Zool. I. p. 94. SHAW, Gen. Zool. I. p. 410. 



WE have already described the principal characters by 

 which the two species of Martens are distinguished, the 

 most obvious of which are those of colour. But as these 

 are always associated with certain tangible diversities in 

 size and proportion, and as the habits of the two animals 

 also offer considerable variation, there appears to be satis- 

 factory ground for considering them as specifically distinct. 

 The Pine Marten is so called from its preference for the 



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