pine marten

Further in the scrub we track a pine-marten to its lair in the rocks.

In regard to the tapeworms, Tnia tenuicollis infests the polecat and the common weasel, and T. intermedia the pine-marten.

It was a pine-marten, the largest of the weasel and pole-cat tribe, still to be found in our own north country.

Though commonly called “pine-marten,” it does not appear to have any special preference for coniferous trees.