Fur Info: Genuine Fur Animal Name is the attribute Nordstrom reserves for the species behind a real animal fur. It exists in the Nordstrom taxonomy for every category, but Nordstrom does not sell animal fur or exotic skins, so for a marketplace seller the correct value is almost always empty. Fill it only if Nordstrom's team asks you to, and never use it to describe faux fur.
Rules
| Rule | Requirement |
|---|---|
| Required | No |
| Level | Parent listing; shared by every colorway and size |
| Length | Up to 100 characters |
| Content | The plain animal name only; no fiber percentages, no marketing |
| Characters | No trademark symbol, smart quotes, dashes other than a plain hyphen, bullets or other typographic symbols |
Nordstrom's material rules name the skins it does accept: cow, calf, sheep, lamb, pig, goat and water buffalo, plus shearling and calf hair. Those are leathers and hides rather than fur, and they are described in the Materials and Material Details fields, not here.
Examples
| Value | Verdict | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| (blank) | Good | The product has no real animal fur, which is the case for every Nordstrom Marketplace item |
| Faux fox | Weak | Faux fur is described in Faux Fur Material Composition, and it is not an animal |
| Rabbit | Weak | A real animal fur, which Nordstrom does not sell; the item would not be accepted |
Common mistakes
- Writing "faux" anything here. The field asks for a species, and faux fur has none.
- Naming a leather source ("cow", "lamb") because the field looked related to hides. Leathers belong in the materials fields.
How Osello fills this field
Osello leaves this field blank. Nordstrom does not sell animal fur, so there is no source data that should produce a value, and Osello does not guess one. Products with faux fur get their fiber composition in the faux fur field, and leathers and shearling go into the materials fields; see filling in the materials field. Everything else Nordstrom asks for is in the Nordstrom field directory.
Frequently asked questions
Should I ever fill in Genuine Fur Animal Name?
Not for a normal listing. Nordstrom does not sell animal fur, so the field stays blank unless Nordstrom's team asks you for it on a specific item.
Where do I describe faux fur?
In the Fur Info: Faux Fur Material Composition field, as the fibers it is made of, for example "100% acrylic".
Where do I describe shearling or calf hair?
In the Materials and Material Details fields. Nordstrom accepts shearling and calf hair as materials, and they are recorded as such rather than as fur.