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North American gray fox fur. Gray fox fur is obtained from the gray fox, a species distinguished from most other canids by its grizzled gray upper parts. It has reddish coloration on some parts of its body, including the legs, sides, feet, chest, and back, as well as on the sides of the head and neck.
The fisher (Pekania pennanti) is a carnivorous mammal native to North America, a forest-dwelling creature whose range covers much of the boreal forest in Canada to the northern United States. It is a member of the mustelid family, and is the only living member of the genus Pekania .
American marten are trapped for their fur in all but a few states and provinces where they occur. [36] The highest annual take in North America was 272,000 animals in 1820. [28] Trapping is a major source of American marten mortality in some populations [31] [48] and may account for up to 90% of all deaths in some areas. [12]
A mounted "fur-bearing trout" like the one once displayed in the National Museum of Scotland. The fur-bearing trout (or furry trout) is a legendary creature found in American folklore and Icelandic folklore. According to folklore, the trout has created a thick coat of fur to maintain its body heat. Tales of furry fish date to the 17th-century ...
North American river otter Lontra canadensis: River otters are found throughout Alaska except the Aleutian Islands, Bering Sea offshore islands, and the Arctic coast east of Point Lay. [35] American marten Martes americana: American marten are found from Southeast Alaska to the start of treeless tundra in Alaska's north and west.
The most farmed fur-bearing animal is the mink (50 million annually), followed by the fox (about 4 million annually). Asiatic and Finnish raccoon and chinchilla are also farmed for their fur. As of 2008, 64 percent of fur farms were in Northern Europe, 11 percent in North America, and the rest were dispersed throughout the world, in countries ...
An animal with commercially valuable fur is known within the fur industry as a furbearer. [12] The use of fur as clothing or decoration is controversial; animal welfare advocates object to the trapping and killing of wildlife, and the confinement and killing of animals on fur farms.
The silver fox price boom in North America ended in 1914, [14] but by 1921, there were 300 farms throughout the USA. [15] A well-known silver fox ranch of North America was that of Fred Colpitts from Salisbury, New Brunswick. Known as the "Colpitts Brothers", Fred and James raised silver foxes in the early 1920s and used selective breeding to ...