Please help identify this vintage fur - 70s?

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Hello! I never venture over to the fur section in vintage stores, but this little number was out of place and caught my eye for some reason. She was priced ridiculously low and there was a 50 off sale, so I brought her home. Unfortunately, my research has turned up nothing, although I suspect she's made/imported by a Canadian furrier? Could someone please help to identify:

a) decade / time frame (70s disco era?)
b) the type(s) of fur (I did go through the fur resource label here, but I admit I know nothing of this)
c) the monogram (personalized for someone or company name - 2SC?)
c) what do I do with her lol (currently she's hibernating in a plastic box with coffee grinds and cedar balls)
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Thank you all for your help and valuable knowledge, as always!
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hjlocke said:
This is muskrat fur. The monogram is usually the owner's initials - might be L, not 2?
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Thank you!
Muskrat never even crossed my mind, I thought it might be beaver and rabbit mix lol. And, yes that does look more like and 'L' as opposed to a '2'. I think I will stay away from furs from now on.
 
Rue_de_la_Paix said:
While furs are not my specialty, I have handled many over the decades. This does not strike me as muskrat. Hard to be 100% sure from just the photos.
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Thank you. I did try to take closeups in order to provide as much detail as possible, but i suppose feeling the fur would be more helpful. If you are able to provide some possible options, I can perhaps start researching from there on. The price on the style tag tells me it was quite expensive in its time, but it didn't strike me as mink or other high end pelts. Thank you for your time.
 
Re the monogram, my first thought was that the first letter is a Q and when my husband walked by I asked what he thought the first letter was. He immediately said "Q" I then did a quick search for script fonts and found this somewhat similar one...just to show you that it can look like the numeral 2:

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My husband then did a search for "female names starting with 'q' " and found a page of possible names.
 
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Q does make more sense than L for the monogram, but I can assure you that this is muskrat. The coloration, texture, and layout of the pelts all point to muskrat.
 
lkranieri said:
Re the monogram, my first thought was that the first letter is a Q and when my husband walked by I asked what he thought the first letter was. He immediately said "Q" I then did a quick search for script fonts and found this somewhat similar one...just to show you that it can look like the numeral 2:

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My husband then did a search for "female names starting with 'q' " and found a page of possible names.
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Q also makes sense. Thank you for the additional info!
 
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