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it, and swallows it again, but into another stomach-chamber. 

 From this it passes through the other two into the intestine. 



The deer family (Cervidse) comprises the familiar Vir- 

 ginia or red deer {Odocoileus americanus) of the Eastern 



Fig. 130. Male elk, or wapiti, Cervus canadensis. (Photograph of a 

 specimen mounted by L. L. Dyche.) 



and Central States and the white-tailed, black-tailed, and 

 mule deers of the West, the great-antlered elk or wapiti 

 (Cervus canadensis) (fig. 130), the great moose (Alee ameri- 

 cana), largest of the deer family, and the American reindeer 

 or caribou {Rangifer caribou). All species of the Cervidae 

 have solid horns, more or less branched, which are shed 



