72 ANIMAL EESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES. 



6. FUES- Continued. 

 a. Mammal furs : 



(Llama, guanaco, paco, and vicugna, {Auclienia, sp.) — trioa- 



mings, &c.) 

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

 a'. Angora goat. 

 1). Cashmere goat. 

 c. Other varieties. 

 Sheep, {0ms aries) — rugs, trimmings, &c. 

 a. Astrakhan sheep. 

 1). Caracoul sheep. 



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

 Antelope, {Antilocapra americana) — rugs. 

 Moose, {Alecs malcliis) — rugs and robes. 

 Elk, {Cerv us canadensis) — rugs and robes. 

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

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

 Mule deer, (Cariac'Ms macroits) — trimmings, robes. 

 Virginia deer {Cariacus virginianus) — trimmings, robes. 

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

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

 Woodchuck, or siffleur, {Arctomys monax) — robes, exported 



to Europe as "white and gray weenusk." 

 Marmot, {Arctomys caligatus) — robes, trimmings. 

 Parry-s marmot, {Spermophiliis Parryi) — robes, trimmings. 

 Gray squirrel, {Sciurus carolinensis, &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, {Raplodontia leporina) — used by Indians. 

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



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

 Musquash, {Fiber zibetUcus) — muffs, capes, caps, and linings, 



and imitations of beaver-fur. 

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

 and imitations of beaver.) 



