A CONTRIBUTION TOWARD 
A BIBLIOGRAPHY ON NORTH AMERICAN FUR ATIMALS 
Lee HE. Yeager 
Illinois Natural History Survey 
INTRODUCTION 
This bibliography is designed to bring together in. .ref- 
erence form a large part of the material on North American fur 
animals. Although it is intended particularly for workers who do 
not have access to the matchless files of the U. S. Fish and 
Wildlife Service or to other more or less complete reference lists, 
the compiler hopes that the bibliography will be of some use to all 
students dealing with the fur resource. ; 
The classification. scheme provides for two main kinds of 
references, general and specific, The general references include 
headings under which.are listed all titles of a general nature and 
those that do not deal. primarily with a single species or a dis- 
tinct fur-animal group. In addition, they include sections on 
parasites and.diseases, fur farming, and fur utilization and 
technology, subjects so distinctive that it seems advisable to 
list together all references thereon. Under specific references, 
the only, headings used are. the common names of the fur animals. 
References dealing with two or r10re species or groups are usually 
listed under each species involved. .In both general and specific 
references, the arrangement under headings is by. author in alpha- 
betical order, and the order under authors having more than one 
title is chronological. 
