. Catalogue of the mammals of Western Europe (Europe exclusive of Russia) in the collection of the British museum. Mammals. MARTES 367 concave on outer side, irregularly convex on inner side, the region of greatest width behind middle ; upper carnassial with inner projection robust, its diameter in line of tooth-row nearly or quite equal to greatest width of trenchant portion of tooth behind middle of crown ; upi^er molar large, its greatest diameter about equal to outer length of carnassial, the metacone more than half as large as paracone, the outer border of the crown usually notched; gener
. Catalogue of the mammals of Western Europe (Europe exclusive of Russia) in the collection of the British museum. Mammals. MARTES 367 concave on outer side, irregularly convex on inner side, the region of greatest width behind middle ; upper carnassial with inner projection robust, its diameter in line of tooth-row nearly or quite equal to greatest width of trenchant portion of tooth behind middle of crown ; upi^er molar large, its greatest diameter about equal to outer length of carnassial, the metacone more than half as large as paracone, the outer border of the crown usually notched; general colour yellowish brovvn, the throat patch. Fig. 76. Maries martes. Nat. size. always distinctly tinged with yellow ; underfur moderately long and dense. External characters.—Form slender and graceful, suggesting that of both cat and squirrel; legs moderately long ; tail about half head and body, densely furred and bushy, the hairs at tip about one-third as long as vertebrae. Head pointed ; eyes of medium size ; ear rising distinctly above fur, its height from crown about 25 mm., the outline rounded but forming a slightly indicated point above, the entire surface densely furred; muzzle pad. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Miller, Gerrit S. (Gerrit Smith), 1869-1956. London, Printed by order of the Trustees
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