# Nordstrom Fur Info: Genuine Fur Animal Name Field Guide

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**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](/marketplaces/nordstrom/fields/materials) and [Material Details](/marketplaces/nordstrom/fields/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](/marketplaces/nordstrom/fields/fur-info-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](/help/channels-listings/fill-in-the-materials-field). Everything else Nordstrom asks for is in the [Nordstrom field directory](/marketplaces/nordstrom/fields).

## 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.