The literal skin of the animal and the phrase used to describe the number of animals needed to create one fur garment.
Types of fur coats animals.
There are several different types of fur.
This fur coat required 10 pelts of a fox for example.
Because of their abundance red foxes are among the most important furbearing animals harvested by the fur trade their pelts are used for trimmings scarfs muffs jackets and coats they are principally used as trimming for both cloth coats and fur garments including evening wraps.
Raccoon is a truly american animal and fur and it s come a long way from the enormous heavy coats that were a must for the 1920s college man and the davy crockett hats of the 1950s.
Animals caught in the wild and used for fur coats include beavers raccoons muskrats coyotes lynx and fishers.
Raccoon are found all over the united states and in southern canada with its fur getting thicker and longer the farther north the animal lives.
No animal has a higher hair density than chinchillas.
Other farmed animals used for fur coats include chinchillas fitches finnraccoons raccoon dogs and nutrias.
Looking at the tag usually indicates what type of fur it is.
A significant reason behind this fur s demand points to its characteristics.
The pelts of silver morph foxes are popular as capes while cross foxes are mostly used for scarfs and very.
Fur is very durable and with the proper care can last and be handed down through generations.
The most popular animals used are foxes and mink both the farmed and wild types.