WHAT FUR NAMES MEAN.
By Jean Inglis Bull.
The following furs were originally rabbits: American Seal, Arctic Seal, Australian Cony, Australian Rabbit, Australian Seal, Baffin Seal, Baltic Black Fox, Baltic Brown Fox, Baltic Leopard, Baltic Lion, Baltic Red Fox, Baltic Seal, Baltic Tiger, Baltic White Fox, Bay Seal, Beaverette, Belgian Beaver, Black Hare, Black Lynx, Black Seal, Bluerette, Buckskin Seal, Cape Seal, Castorette, Chapchillas, Chinchilla Rabbit, Chinchillette, Clipped Seal, Coast Seal, Cocoalette, Cony, Cony-Beaver, Cony Kit, Cony Leopard, Cony-Mole, Cony-Seal, Ermeline, Erminette, Fox Hair, French Beaver, French Chinchilla, French Cony, French Leopard, French Sable, French Seal, Galland Squirrel, Geller Seal, Hair Fox, Hair Sable, Hare, Hudson Bay Seal, Imitation Ermine, Jap. Rabbit, Kit Cony, Lapin, Laskin Seal, Le Meuse Seal, Leopard Cony, Leopardine, Mar-Konie, Marmotine, Mendoza Beaver, Minkony, Molin, Moline, Muskratine, Near Seal, New Zealand Seal, Northern Seal, Nu Nutria, Nutriette, Polar Seal, Polo Seal, Red River Seal, Roman Seal, Russian Leopard, Russian Taupe Fox, Sable Plair, Seal Musquash, Sealette, Sealine, Southern Seal. Squirrelette, Squirreline, Twin Beaver, Visonette. Sheep serve to provide the following furs: Afghan Lamb, American Broadtail, American Wombat, Astrachan, Bagdad Lamb, Beaver Lamb, Bokhara, Broadtail, Caracul, Caracul Paw, Chekiang Lambskin, China Lamb, Dahtung Lamb, Galyak, Half Persian Lamb, Iceland Fox, Iceland Lamb, King Broadtail, Krimmer, Lacoon, Laskin European Lamb, Laskin Lamb, Lawressa Lamb, Leg Cross, Lincoln Lamb, Lykkoon, Mandel, Manderian Lamb, Mand-o-coon, Mediterranean Sheep, Merlushka, Mongolian Lamb, Persian Lamb, Persian Paw, Pieced Persian Lamb, Processed Broadtail, Queen Broadtail, Salt Persian Lamb, Salzfelle, Shantefu Lamb, Shearling, Shiras, Slink or Lincoln Lamb (usually foteus), Thibet, Thibetine, Tibet, Triebel, Ukrainer Lamb, Wombat Lamb. Goats provide the following: Blue Japanese Wolf, China Bear, Chinese Goat, Ercomine (Imitation Ermine), French Wolf, Dalyak, Giraffe Kid, Goat, Kid Caracul, Kid Cross, Kid Skin, Leopard Kid, Leopardine, Moufflon. We draw upon the alpaca or South American “camel” for: Alpaca (form of guanaco specialised for wool), Guanaco, Llama (dyed to imitate Fox or Wolf), Guanaquita. Dogs are transformed into: Belgian Lynx, Black Poiret Fox, Chinchow Dogskin, Chinese Dogskin, Isabella Fox, Manchurian
Black Fox, Manchurian Dogskin, Manchurian Fox, Manchurian Poiret Fox, Manchurian Wolf, Newchang, Wolfox. Cats provide Black Cat, Domestic Cat, Genet, House Cat, while the horse gives us the Russian Pony, and the cow —Calf and Karova.
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Forest and Bird, Issue 28, 1 October 1932, Page 10
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371WHAT FUR NAMES MEAN. Forest and Bird, Issue 28, 1 October 1932, Page 10
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