70 AMIMAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES. 



6. FUBS— Continued. 

 a. Mammal furs : 



Arctic fox, (Vulpes lagopus.) 

 White fox. 

 Blue fox. 

 Kit fox, (Vulpes velox) — robes, muffs, trimmings. 

 (Cossac fox, ( Vulpes corsac,) of Asia.) 

 (Mountain fox, (Vulpes montanus,) of India.) 

 Gray fox, ( Urocyon virginianus) — rugs, robes, and linings. 

 (Spotted hyena, (Hycena crocuta,) of West and South Africa.) 

 (Striped hyena, (Hycena striata,) of West Africa and India.) 

 Fisher or pekan, (Mustela Pennanti) — linings, tails used for 



trimmings. 

 American or Hudson's Bay sable, (Mustela americana) — cloaks, 

 muffs, cuffs, boas, linings, &c. : 

 Silver variety. 

 Orange variety. 

 Brown or common variety. 

 (Eussian sable, (Mustela zibellina,) of North Europe and Asia 



— cloaks, muffs, boas, linings, &c.) 

 (Tartar sable, or kolinsky, (Mustela sibirica) — cloaks, muffs, 



and dyed to imitate Eussian sable.) 

 (Pine marten, (Mustela abictum,) of North Europe and Asia.) 

 (Stone marten, or French sable, (Mustela saxorum,) of Eu- 

 rope — dyed to imitate sable.) 

 (Beech marten, (Mustela Junta,) of Europe and Asia — dyed to 



imitate sable.) 

 (Polecat, fitch, or ferret, (Putorius vulgaris,) of Europe and 



Asia.) 

 Ermine, or weasel, (Putorius erminca,) of Northern Hemi- 

 sphere — cloaks, linings, &c. : 

 Boyal ermine, trimmed with astrakhan fur, (miniver.) 

 Siberian ermine. 

 Long-tailed weasel, (Putorius longicauda :) 

 Summer dress. 

 Winter dress. 

 Mink, (Putorius rison,) — cloaks, muffs. 

 Wolverine, (Gulo luscus.) — muffs, robes, linings. 

 American badger, (Taxidea americana) — muffs and rugs. 



