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ECONOMIC ZOOLOGY 



The skin of the ordinary red foxes (genus Vulpes) may be worth from 

 $5 to $15 or more. The silver fox, Fig. 136, which is simply a color 

 phase of the red fox, has fur which may be silvery or jet black in color 



FIG. 136. A full furred black fox, Vulpes sp., December fur. 

 Fur Farming in Canada.) 



(From Jones, 



and is of such beautiful quality that a good hide seldom brings less 

 than $500 and frequently is worth $2000; the highest price ever paid 

 for a single black fox skin is said to be $2900. At the minimum figure, 



