158 



Mustelid.t;. 



The martens are animals about tlie size of a domestic cat, more 

 or less arboreal in their habits, and witli but little, if any, dis- 

 agreeable sceut. 



S>fnoj)sis of Indian and Burmese S2:)ecies. 



A. Tail without hair three fourths the length of 



the head and body M. Jlamjula, p. 158. 



B. Tail -without liair one half the length of the 



head and body M.foina, p. 100. 



A trace of a fossil Mustela has been found in the Siwalilt beds. 

 Erom the fragments found, the species appears to have been 

 similar to M.Jlavhjida. 



77. Mustela flavigula. Tlie Indian Marten. 



Mustela flavigula, Bodd. Elmcli. An. p. 88 (1785) ; Cantor, J. A. S. B, 



XV, p. 194. 

 Martes flavigula, Bh/fh, J. A. S. B. xxvi, p. 31G ; id. P. Z. S. 1864, 



p. 485 ; id. Mani. Birds Burma, p. 29 ; Adams, P. Z. S. 1858, 



p. 51(3 ; Jerdon, 3Iam. p. 82 ; Blanf. J. A. S. B. xlvii, pt. 2, 



p. 156. 

 Gahdictis chrysogaster, Jardine, Nat. Lib. xiii, p. 167, pi. vii (1842). 

 Martes gwatkiu.si, Ifors/ield, Cat. p. 99 (1851). 



ATr.s/rt, Sirmur ; Tuturala, Chitrdla, Kumaon and Garhwal ; Mill sani- 

 pra, Nepal ; Jlnniah, Bhot. ; Sakku, Lepcha ; Amja Prao, Malay. 



Fig. 39. — Mustela Jlaviyula. (From Iludgson's (h'awings.) 



Tail hmg and busby, measuring, without hair, quite three 

 quarters the length of the head and body. Caudal vertebra^ 24. 

 Peet more or less naked beneath ; in INIalay spt^ciuKMis tlie whole 

 metacarpus and more than half tbe tarsus being bare, whilst in 

 some Himalayan animals the naked scdes a])pear less develojied. 

 Short hairs separate the ])ads from each otiun-aiul from the central 



