US Geological Survey
Date of this Version
2008
Citation
Canadian Field-Naturalist 122(3): 273. (2008)
Abstract
Based on 168 records of both verbal descriptors of White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) femur-marrow fat and percentage of fat measured later, “gelatinous” served well to distinguish fat < 46% from higher percentages. “Waxy” distinguished fat > 56%.
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Comments
U.S. government work.