Sentence examples for small fur from inspiring English sources

Astor emigrated to America from Germany at the close of the Revolution and, in 1786, opened a small fur store in Lower Manhattan.

Relocated after the U.S. purchase of Alaska from Russia in 1867, and again in 1890, Fort Yukon remained a centre for a small fur trade.

In the 19th century, however, muffs were considered an essential accessory only for feminine dress and ranged from large down muffs to small fur or velvet ones matching the trim on a woman's dress.

A variety of small fur-bearing mammals inhabit the island.

It was a bad week for small fur-bearing animals in Milan.

Are there similar days in other months honoring small fur-bearing mammals — the nutria, perhaps?

Fishing bases are on the coast, while the Sikhote-Alin mountains are a source of timber and small fur-bearing animals.

It is always a bad week for small fur-bearing mammals in Italy, where politically correct fashion is treated as a ludicrous American invention.

Marmots are well suited for life in cold environments and have small fur-covered ears, short, stocky legs, and strong claws for digging.

Wildlife includes such large mammals as bears, elk, and deer and small fur-bearing animals such as beavers, muskrats, rabbits, and bobcats.

A great variety of wildlife is found there, including grizzly (Alaskan brown) and black bears, moose, foxes and other small fur-bearing mammals, wolves, and numerous waterfowl; the waterways abound in fish, including the sheefish (a type of whitefish).