What kind of hair?

[MysteryChicken]

I live in Michigan down by the Indiana border, we have occasional raccoons, possums (my dog loves to kill them), deer everywhere, and squirrels everywhere too.

I live in Michigan too.

 

[HomesteaderWife]

Fox squirrel perhaps? The orange coloring and pattern have me saying that.
(It reminds me of tanning squirrels and stripping the tails and sometimes you get a little thin piece of fur/tail like this)