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Another distinguishing mark is the antlers. These have welldefined base beams that rise upward, swing outward, thencurve inward. The extreme ends of the main beams some-times lack only inches of meeting. The tines grow upwardfrom the main beam. The base tines are well developed andrise almost straight upward. A well developed head may con-

tain three of these tines, sometimes four on each of the mainbeams. The tines seldom fork on the white tail deer. SeeFig. 38.

A third distinguishing mark is the location of the muskor metatarsal glands; these are located rather low on the shank.

Figure 40. The White Tail Deer

There are three general classes of the white tail deer. Theeastern white tail, the southern white tail, and the northern.Color and size appear to be the chief difference in these classes.