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ALLIGATOR Alligator and crocodile.
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BOVINE A cow, ox, or closely related animal.
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BUCKSKIN Deer and elk skins, having the outer grain removed.
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BULLHIDE Hide from a male bovine, capable of reproduction.
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CABRETTA A hair-type sheepskin; specifically those from Brazil.
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CALFSKIN Skin from a young bovine, male or female.
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CAPESKIN Skin from a sheep raised in South America.
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CARPINCHO A water rodent native to South America; like pigskin.
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CATTLEHIDE General term for hides before tanning from a bovine of any breed or sex, but usually mature; includes bullhide, steerhide, cowhide and sometimes kipskins.
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CORDOVAN From a section of a hide called the shell.
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COWHIDE Hide from a mature female bovine that has produced a calf.
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DEERSKIN Deer and elk skins having the grain intact.
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DOESKIN From sheep or lambskins, usually with the grain removed.
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FLESHER The underneath (flesh side) layer of a sheepskin which has been split off. Used to make chamois.
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GOATSKIN Skin from a mature goat.
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HAIR SHEEP Sheep from several species whose "wool" is hair-like.
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HEIFER A female bovine, under three years of age, that has not produced a calf.
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HIDE The whole pelt from large animals
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HORSEHIDE Hide from a horse or colt.
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KANGAROO From the Australian kangaroo or wallaby.
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KIDSKIN Skin from a
young goat.
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KIPSKIN Skin from a bovine, male or female, intermediate in size between a calf and mature.
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LAMBSKIN Skin from a lamb or young sheep.
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LIZARD Any of a great number of the lizard family.
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MOCHA Middle-East hair sheep, usually with the grain removed.
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OSTRICH From the two-legged animal native to North Africa.
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PECCARY From a wild boar native to Central and South America; like pigskin.
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PELT An untanned hide or skin with the hair on.
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PIGSKIN Skin from pigs and hogs.
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RAWHIDE Untanned skins or hide.
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RAWSTOCK General term for hides or skins that a tanner has received in a preserved state, prepatory to tanning; a tanner's inventory of raw material.
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SHARKSKIN From certain of the shark species.
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SHEARLING Wooled sheep and lambskins, tanned with the wool intact.
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SHEEPSKIN Skin from a mature sheep.
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SKIN The pelt from small animals (calf, sheep, goat, etc.).
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SKIVER The thin grain layer split from a sheepskin.
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SNAKE Any of a number of the snake species.
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STEERHIDE Hide from a mature male bovine, incapable of reproduction, having been raised for beef.
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WALRUS Skin from a walrus; also, sometimes sealskin.
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WATERBUFFALO Flathorned buffalo, primarily from the tropics.