- Fur Trade by Great Soviet Encyclopedia
a branch of the hunting economy, the procurement of fur-bearing animals for their pelts. The fur trade also yields meat, fat, hair, raw hides and fur skins, and other raw materials. Of major importance to the fur trade is the catching of rodents that are agricultural and forest pests (susliks, hamsters, chipmunks), the extermination of predacious animals that are ...
- Taiga Fauna by Great Soviet Encyclopedia
the aggregate of species of animals living in the taiga. The taiga, which is richer in fauna than...
- Canidae by Great Soviet Encyclopedia
... and nonretractile. The thick fur is usually fluffy and varies in coloration.Canids comprise 14 (or 12) genera, embracing 29 species. They are widespread on all the continents except Antarctica. The USSR is the habitat of 5 genera, with the following eight species: the raccoon dog, wolf, jackal, arctic fox, Old World red fox, corsac fox, gray hoary fox, and ...
- Tsentralnolesnoi Preserve by Great Soviet Encyclopedia
a preserve in the southwestern part of Kalinin Oblast, in the watershed between the Volga and the...
- Squirrel by Great Soviet Encyclopedia
... body reaches 28 cm. Their fur is usually thick and on certain squirrels, fluffy. Their color ranges from bright red to gray and black; many species are variegated. There are two species in the USSR—the pine squirrel and the Persian squirrel.The pine squirrel ( S. Vulgaris. ) is found in the northern forest and forest-steppe zones that extend to the forest ...