70 AMIMAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES. 



6. FURS— Continued. 

 a. Mammal furs : 



Arctic fox, (Vulpes lagopus.) 

 ' White fox. 



Blue fox. 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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



trimmings. 

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

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

 Silver variety. 

 Orange variety. 

 Brown or common variety. 

 (Russian sable, (Mustela zibellina,) of Xorth Europe and Asia 



— cloaks, muffs, boas, linings, &c.) 

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



and dyed to imitate Russian sable.) 

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

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

 rope — dyed to imitate sable.) 

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



imitate sable.) 

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



Asia.) 

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

 sphere — cloaks, linings, &c. : 

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

 Siberian ermine. 

 Long-tailed weasel, (Putorius longicanda :) 

 Summer dress. 

 Winter dress. 

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

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

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



