I really don't know. It feels like it but to be to be honest I'd pick the lesser option and say no. But the cat won't care. Just take a pinch of catnip and rub it on the toy and your cat will go nuts. You'd better be ready to play a while. I call it cat fishing when you can't go catfishing.
I don't believe it's real. The fur looks dyed to me and it doesn't have a tailbone in it. I didn't make the tail myself I bought it in a pet shop for my cat and nothing on the package said it was real and I'm sure they would have said so.