208 MUSTELADiE. 



CARNIVOBA. MVSTELADja 



Grenus, Maries. (Ray.) 



MARTEN. 



Generic Character. — Grinding teeth f ij ; body much elongated ; feet short, 

 with separate toes ; tongue smooth. 



COMMON MARTEN. 



MARTERON, MARTERN, MARTLETT, STONE MARTEN, 

 BEECH MARTEN. 



Maries foina. 



Specific 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. Desmab. Mammal, 



p. 182. Jenyhs, Brit. Vert. p. 11. Elasius Saugeth. 

 p. 217. 

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



,, saxorum, Klein, Quad, p 64. 

 La Fouine, Bufton, Hist. Nat. VII. p. 161, t. xvlii. 



Ma/rtern, Ma/rteron, Mbkkett, Pinax, p. 167. 



Marten, PeNn. Brit. Zool. I. p. 92, No. 13, t. vi. Shaw, Gen. 



Zool. I. p. 409. 



