1. MAETES. 81 



tt The palms and soles oftlwfeet sligWy hairy between the pads; the 

 two inner hinder toes with a hand of hair on the inner side of 

 the under surface. Muzzle bald, transverse. 



15. Htdeogaxe. Claws acute. Skiill elongate ; orbits not defined 



behind, without any superior orbital prominence. Hind feet 

 elongate. Toes slender, broadly webbed. 



ttt Palms and soles of feet hairy between the pads. Muzzle bald be- 

 tween the nostrils, and produced into an angle on the upper edge. 



16. Latax. 



B, Tail conical, elongate, rather depressed, covered with hair, and with 

 a raised rounded ridge on each side. 



17. Ptebonitka. 



Tribe 3. Enhydiina. Head depressed. Feet large, elongate, rather 

 fin-like, hairy above and below. Tail short, cylindrical. 

 Grinders massive, flat-crowned. 



18. Enhtbeis. 



Tribe I. MUSTELINA. 



Head oblong. Toes slightly webbed. Tail cylindrical. Habits 

 terrestrial or arboreal. 



MusteHna, Gray, Ann. Phil. 1825 ; P. Z. & 1865, p. 103. 

 MartinsB, Burmeister, Baird, N, A. M. p. 148. 



A. Digitigrade. Soles of the hind .feet hairy, with four bald pads in front. 

 Body elongate. Anal glands developed. Tail slender. Tubercular 

 grinder short, transverse. 



1. MARTES. 



Teeth 38 ; false grinders |. Head elongate ; feet very hairy ; 

 space between the pads covered ; the hair of the feet is elongate, and 

 more or less completely covers the bald pads at the base of the toes, 

 and hides the toes and claws, especially during the cold weather. 



Martes, Cumer ; Gray, L. M. B. M. xx. p. 63 ; P. Z. S. 1865, p. 104 ; 

 Nilsson, Skand. Fauna, p. 166. 



a. SkiM elongate, narrow, with the nose rather produced. 



* Tail moderate, not so long as the body and head, bushy. Martes. 



t The hinder upper tubercular grinder large, massive, nearly twice as long on 

 the inner as on the outer side. 



1. Martes abietcun. (Pine-Marten.) B.M. 



Brown ; throat yellow or yeUow-spotted. 

 Mustek martes, lAnn. 8. N. p. 167 ; Keyserl. 8r Bias. W. K i. p. 67 ; 

 Pallas, Zoogr. i. p. 85 ; Bonap. Faun. Ital. t. ; Brandt, Zobel, t. 3 ; 

 Middendoiff, K u. O. Sib. Saugeth. p. 69, t. 2. f. 1, 6. 



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