Types Of Fur Animals Worldwide

1. mink

Mink is

Pine marten, stone mink, musk rat, ferret, weasel, badger and otter.

Mink is usually long, soft and muscular.

Male mink is about 45 cm in length and 20 centimeters in length.

Female mink usually has a slightly shorter body length of about 40 centimeters.

An adult female mink usually weighs more than 1 kilograms.

Male mink usually weighs about 2 times that of female mink.

Mink usually takes small step by wave.

However, if the situation requires, its speed of movement can also be very fast.

It is also a very good swimmer, so that fish can be caught in nature.

The first mink was dark brown and slightly velvet.

There are usually white spots on the lower jaw, chest and abdomen.

Artificial aquaculture helps mink have more natural colors.

In Denmark, for example, the natural color of mink includes black, Maher Gen Ni, dark brown, red brown, sapphire, iron gray, silver blue, steel blue, violet, dawn, light brown, pearl, white, beige, reddish brown, red, white, etc.

Denmark's mink has an annual output of about fifteen million.

As of 2000, the number of mink sable species was about two million and two hundred thousand.

2. Fox

Fox farms usually breed two kinds of foxes: Blue Fox and silver fox.

The two species belong to the dog family.

Blue fox usually has natural blue and shades of white. It is the dominant species of fox species.

Its blue is always the same throughout the year.

On the contrary, depending on the depth of the white, the Arctic fox is white in winter and summer in tea.

Blue fox is usually smaller than silver fox and has short legs, wider head, shorter ears and more round ears.

Its fur is usually heavier and heavier than silver fox.

Similar blue fox can be found in countries near the Arctic circle.

They gradually spread from the Arctic Circle to Scandinavia and Finland.

Blue fox is usually not as shy as silver fox.

Therefore, as long as we are careful and patient, it is entirely possible to feed the blue fox by hand.

Silver fox is actually a hybrid variety of common red fox.

Silver fox usually has a slightly thin body and a slightly longer body.

Its ears are long and pointed, and its tail is thick and its tip is white.

Silver fox has a wide variety of colors, ranging from almost entirely black to very pale gray, from brown to red.

The fox is the second most important fur animal in the world.

Denmark had 11000 fox foxes in 2000.

3. purplish blue

From the angle of zoology, bruchid belongs to rodents.

Most other fur animals are carnivorous.

The cyanosis is native to South America and lives in the Andes.

The adult mother's violet is about 400-500 grams.

The male violet is lighter than about 50-100 grams.

The cyanosis is usually bluish and shades.

The blue purple leather is usually plush and is estimated to have about 20000 stitches per skin.

The breeding of cyanosis is usually regarded as a pet or hobby.

There are only a few large blue purple farms in the world.

In Denmark, the species of cyanosis are maintained at about 5000-6000 per year.

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4. musk mouse

Like mink, musk mouse is also a member of the typical mink family.

Long elliptical body, soft and short legs.

It is a good hunting expert, usually only at dawn or late at night.

Musk mouse is the fur animal that was first used by human beings.

About 400 BC, there have been related records.

But then it worked like a hunting dog.

It is used for hunting rabbits and so on.

Wild musk rats originated from northwest Africa.

But now it has spread to most parts of Europe and the former Soviet Union.

They like to live in damp lowland with shrubs.

Musk rats were also specially exported from Britain to New Zealand in nineteenth Century to help control the number of wild rabbits.

A mature female muskrat weighed approximately 0.7-1.2 kilograms.

The same kind of male muskrat weighed about 1.2-2 kilograms.

Musk rats are slightly longer than the other members of the mink family.

Velvet is about 25 millimeters long and the needle is about 25 millimeters long.

Its hair needle is almost as dense as mink.

On average, there are about 8500-9000 hairy needles per square centimeter, and 20 hairs per root.

However, its skin plate is relatively thin and inelastic.

Therefore, musk skin is more difficult to use than mink.

At present, musk deer's status as fur animal is no longer important.

In Denmark, there are only about hundreds of musk rat species each year.

But it is becoming more and more popular as pets.

5. raccoon dog

The earliest raccoon dog originated in East Asia in about 1927.

Between 1927 and 1957, 9000 raccoon dogs were released to Europe, the former Soviet Union and Western Asia.

This release is not entirely successful.

But in most parts of Sweden today, they can be found in Finland and Poland.

In Czech, Romania and Germany, people know a lot about raccoon.

The breeding of raccoon dog has a long history. It can be traced back to 1928 in the former Soviet Union.

In nature, raccoon lives in shrubs near lakes or rivers.

Its Latin name also stems from its love life at night.

The adult raccoon weighs about 4-6 kilograms in summer and can reach 5-10 kilograms in winter.

Because in winter, its 30-35% weight is used to store fat against cold.

The adult raccoon body is about 55-80 cm long, with a tail length of about 15-25 cm and a shoulder width of about 30-35 cm.

6. sable

Sable, like other fur animals, is also a kind of mink.

Sable is usually slightly smaller than pine marten and has a body length of about 35-55 cm.

Its tail is usually about 12-19 centimeters long.

Sable usually weighs about 0.5-2 kilograms.

Because of its heavy fur, sable usually looks more fluffy than pine marten.

Sable is widely distributed in Siberia and the Far East.

To the south, its distribution extends to Mongolia, South Korea and so on.

Sable is gentle and easy to keep in captivity.

And some sable farms can be found in the former Soviet Union.

In the past, export sable was forbidden, but now the mink can be exported, so the sable origin is no longer confined to the former Soviet Union.

Because of the cold weather in Siberia, sable's hair needle is dense, soft and charming.

7. Rex Rabbit

Rabbit culture can be traced back to the Empire of Rome.

In the middle ages, they were released to different islands as sailors' food on long voyages.

The rex rabbit was first recognized by the world at a fair in 1924.

It originated from European wild rabbits and was first registered by a French farmer in 1919.

The farmer finally asked the local Abbot to feed the rex rabbit.

The rejuvenation of Rex Rabbit dates back to around 1990s, when the world's demand for fur reached a certain height and quantity.

Most buyers come from Italy and the Far East.

Denmark's Rex mother species are currently maintained at around 1000.