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Louisiana

Wildlife

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Beaver

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Eats: parts of trees and water plants

Home: A den, dam, or lodge made of branches

Size: Length of 3 to 4 feet and Weight of 40 to 95 pounds

Herbivore

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Eats: Grasses, corn, rice, and sugarcane

Home: Den made up of Branches

Size: Weight up to 20 pounds and length up to 3 feet

Herbivore

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Eats: freshwater animals like crabs & crawfish, also acorns, bird’s eggs, corn, fruit, and small land animals like mice & grasshoppers

Home: dens in hollow logs or stumps, nests in high grass or abandoned buildings

Size: length 2 to 4 feet & weight 8 to 30 pounds

Omnivore

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Eats: crayfish, minnows, mice, muskrats, rabbits, & snakes Home: live on

dry land in hollow tree, rock pile, or high grass

Size: Weight up to 3 pounds & up to 2 feet Long

Carnivore

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Eats:caterpillars, insects, small rodents, eggs, fruit, & grain

Home: underground den lined with dry leaves

Size: length 14 to 19 inches & 4 to 10 pounds

Omnivore

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Technically, the term furbearer includes all mammals, which by definition, possess some form of hair.  More often, however, wildlife managers use the term to identify mammals that have traditionally been trapped or hunted for their fur. 

What is a Furbearer?

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There are many types of furbearers, including both carnivores (meat eating predators) and rodents (gnawing animals).  A few animals, that are normally hunted or trapped primarily for their meat or to reduce agricultural or property damage, may also be considered furbearers if their skins are marketed.

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Furs are generally tanned, trimmed,  and sewn into garments, rugs, blankets and ornaments, and sometimes dyed in a variety of colors and patterns.  Furs are also used in fishing lures, fine brushes and other products.  Some furs are shaved, and the hair processed into felt for hats and other garments.

Beaver hat

Skunk hat

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Nutria vest

Dyed rabbit fur lure

Raccoon fur coat

Goatskin throw rug

Goat hair brushes

Mink zonker for fly fishing

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Fur is a renewable resource (naturally replenished), used and valued by many for its beauty, durability, insulative and natural qualities. Fur is only one of many values that people find in furbearers.  People have continuously used furbearers in North America for clothing, food and religious ceremonies for the past 11,000 years.

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Fur resources had a greater influence on Europeans who settled and explored the North American continent than any other factor.  Many cities and towns were begun as fur trading centers where settlers bartered, or traded, with Native Americans for furs.

Information above taken from "Trapping and Furbearer Management: Perspectives from the Northeast" published by the Northeast Furbearer Resources Technical Committee (NEFRTC)

and reprinted with their kind permission.

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