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MUSTELADiE. 



CARNIVORA. 



MUSTELADM 





Genus, Martes. (Ray.) 



MARTEN. 



Generic Character. — Grinding teetb f:§ ; body much elongated; feet short, 

 with separate toes ; tongue smooth. 



COMMON MARTEN. 



MARTERON, MARTERN, MARTLETT, STONE MARTEN, 

 BEECH MARTEN. 



Martes foina. 



Specijlc 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 Siiugeth. 



p. 217. 

 Martes fagorum, Ray, Syn. p. 200. Flem. Brit. An. p. 14. 



,, saxorum, Klein, Quad, p 64. 

 La Foidne, Buffon, Hist. Nat. VII. p. 161, t. xviii. 



Martern, Marteroii, Meerett, Pinax, p. 167. 

 Marten., Penn. Brit. Zool. I. p. 92, No. 13, t. -ri. Shaw, Gen. 



Zool. I. p. 409. 



