The spotted hyena is the largest member of the Hyaenidae, and is further physically distinguished from other species by its vaguely bear-like build, its rounded ears, its less prominent mane, its spotted pelt, its more dual purposed dentition, its fewer nipples and the presence of a pseudo-penis in the female.
Humans have been the fisher's biggest enemy, as deforestation and trapping for its pelt helped push it toward extinction early in the 20th century.
It died in 1912, and its pelt was stuffed and put on display.
She kept its pelt as a rug, but it was too big for Tennessee "so she moved to Montana and spread that bear rug out on the ground in front of her cabin," Isaacs wrote.
The red fox is hunted for sport and for its pelt, which is a mainstay of the fur trade.
The red fox is hunted for sport (see foxhunting) and for its pelt, which is a mainstay of the fur trade.
Globally, there is such demand for wool that farmers are now being paid three times more for their fleece: it's a massive improvement, considering it once cost more to shear a sheep than you'd make for its pelt.
It might seem a long way from here to the Tyne salmon in "its pelt of light" or the way "allotments where the town expires / are compartmentalising dusk", but all of these are part of the same rich, distinctive vision and its evolving music.
The jaguar is a protected species in the United States under the Endangered Species Act, which has stopped the shooting of the animal for its pelt.
The Antarctic fur seal was very heavily hunted in the 18th and 19th centuries for its pelt by sealers from the United States and the United Kingdom.
