72 ANIMAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES. 



6. FDES-Continued. 

 a. Mammal furs: 



(Llama, guanaco, paco, and vicugna, {Auchetiia, sp.) — trim- 



miugs, &c.) 

 Goat, {Capra, sp.) — rugs, trimraiugs. 

 a'. Angora goat. 

 h. Cashmere goat. 

 c. Other varieties. 

 Sheep, {Ovis aries) — rugs, trimmings, &c. 

 a. Astrakhan sheep. 

 h. Caraconl sheep. 



c. Other varieties. Lamb-skins and dyed furs. 

 Antelope, {Antilocopra amcricana) — rugs. 

 Moose, {Alecs malcMs] — rugs and robes. 

 Elk, {Cervus canadensis) — rugs and robes. 

 Eeindeer, ( Tarandus rangifer) — robes, coats, gloves, &c. 

 Caribou, {Tarandus rangifer var.) — robes, coats, gloves. 

 Mule deer, {Cariacus maerotis) — trimmings, robes. 

 Virginia deer {Cariacus virginianus) — trimmings, robes. 

 Mole, {Scalops and Condylura, sp.) — robes, garments. 

 (European mole, {Talpa europcea) — robes, garments.) 

 ^toodchuck, or siffleur, {Arctomys monax) — robes, exported 



to Europe as "white and gray weeuusk." 

 Marmot, {Arctomys caligatus) — robes, trimmings. 

 Parry's marmot, {Spermophllus Parry i)— robes, trimmings. 

 Gray squirrel, {Sciurus caroUnensis, &c.) — trimming ; tails 



used for boas. 

 (Squirrel, or "calabar," {Sciurus vulgaris,) Northern Europe 

 and Asia.) 



a'. Siberian squirrel. Trimmings, muffs, capes, &c.; tails 



used for boas, dyed to imitate sable. 

 h. " Weisenfels linings'' of the white fur of the belly. 

 Showt'l, {Haplodontia leporina) — used by Indians. 

 (Chinchilla, {ChinchiUa laniger,) of South America — muffs, 



mantles, boas, cloak-linings, and trimmings.) 

 Musquash, {F.iher zihethicus) — muffs, capes, caps, and linings, 



and imitations of beaver-fur. 

 (Neutria, or Coypu, {Myopotamus coypus) — linings and muffs, 

 and imitations of beaver.) 



