From: Pierre@home.be (Pierre)
Newsgroups: alt.binaries.pictures.artpics
Subject: < Photo > WP1024_Animals - Part 1/11 > File 05 of 11 - PO_WP_Ani1_004_Fouine.jpg
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 18:56:50 GMT

Beech Marten (Martes foina), also known as the Stone Marten, is the most common species of marten in Central Europe. Beech martens are long, slender, short-legged predators with long, bushy tails. They grow to a size of 40 to 50cm in body length and weigh up to two kilograms. Their brown coats have a forked white marking at the throat, which distinguishes them in appearance from the Pine Marten whose throat marking is cream-coloured and more rounded.