### Clue: Author backed deal, getting fur from American native (6)
### Answer: OCELOT 
 ### Explanation: Definition: fur from 
definition: the name of a cat species found in South and Central America, or the fur of this animal 
ECO (Umberto Eco the "Author") reversed/"backed", plus LOT="deal" e.g. in the sense of 'a [large] quantity'