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tail vertebrae; (2) length of tail (from base to terminal tail 

 vertebrae; (3) standing height at shoulder, from sole of foot to 

 above shoulder blade; (4) length of hind foot. 



The diagrams (figs. 15 and 16) indicate where cuts are made 

 to remove the skin. Note that the cut for the legs in deer (fig. 16) 

 and related animals is different from that in wolves (fig. 15) and 



Fig. 14. — Measurement diagram for large mammals. 



cats. The cuts should be made on the hinder side of the fore and 

 hind limbs as indicated. The skin should be worked free of the 

 body with the hands, and, where necessary, carefully cut loose 

 with a knife. On species with horns or antlers remove the head 

 (fig. 17) by a short cut down the back of the neck and a transverse 

 cut between the bases of the horns. Carefully cut through the 

 thick skin to the bone of the skull around the base of each horn. 

 Sever the head from the neck and then free the skin from the 



