Fresh animal skin

When animals are killed, their carcass can be skinned before being cut for meat. The skin just gotten is fresh, but spoils in a few days, unless cured or tanned. Curing extends its lifetime. But tanning is much more useful, turning the skin in leather or fur, depending on the animal the skin comes from.

Animals that yield leather are cows, pigs and dogs.

These animal's skins become furs when tanned: Sheep, Bear, Badger, Glutton, Beaver, Reindeer, (Artic) Fox, Elk, Wolf, Lynx, Polecat, Weasel, Pine-marten, Hare, Ermine, Squirrel.