72 , ANIMAL EESOUECES OF THE UNITED STATES. 



6. F UBS— Continued. 

 a. Mammal furs : 



(Llama, guanaco, paco, and vicugna, (Auchenia, sp.) — trim- 

 mings, &c.) 

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

 a'. Angora goat. 



b. Cashmere goat. 



c. Other varieties. 



Sheep, (Ovis aries) — rugs, trimmings, &c. 



a. Astrakhan sheep. 



b. Caracoul sheep. 



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

 Antelope, (Antilocapra americana) — rugs. 



Moose, (Alecs malcliis) — rugs and robes. 

 Elk, (Gervus canadensis) — rugs and robes. 

 Keindeer, (Tarandusrangifer) — robes, coats, gloves, &c. 

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

 Mule deer, (Cariacus macrotis) — trimmings, robes. 

 Virginia deer (Cariacus virginianus) — trimmings, robes. 

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

 (European mole, (Talpa europcea) — robes, garments.) 

 Woodchuckj or siffleur, (Arctomys monaoc) — robes, exported 



to-Europe as "white and gray weeuusk." 

 Marmot, (Arctomys caligatus) — robes, trimmings. 

 Parry's marmot, (Spermophilus Parry i)— 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. 

 b. " Weisenfels linings"' of the white fur of the belly. 

 Showt'l, (Haplodontia leporina) — used by Indians. 

 (Chinchilla, (Chinchilla lanigcr.) of South America — muffs, 



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

 Musquash, (Fiber zibethicus) — muffs, capes, caps, and linings, 



and imitations of beaver-fur. 

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



and imitations of beaver.) 



