PINK MARTEN. 



CARNIVORA. 



217 

 MUSTELADyE. 





PINE MARTEN. 



Martes ahictum. 



Specific Character. — ^\q\\ brown ; throat yellow ; under-fur yellowish -gi-ey. 

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

 externally. 



Mustela marks, 



Martes abietum, 

 La Marte, 

 Pine Marten, 



Linn. Syst. Nat. I. p. G7. Desmar. llamnial. ]i. ISl, 

 sp. 280. Jenyns, Brit. Vert. p. 11. Blasios, Silugeth. 

 p. 213. 



Ray, Syn. Quad. 200. Flem. Brit. An. p. 14. 



BuFFON, Hist. Nat. VII. p. 190, t. -x.xii. 



Penn. Brit. Zool. I. p. 94. Shaw, Gen. Zool. I. p. 410. 



We have already described the principal characters by 

 whicli the two species of Martens are distinguished, the 

 most obvious of which arc 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 ofler 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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