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--> FAMILY Bovidae
--> SUBFAMILY Antilopinae
--> GENUS Saiga
SPECIES Saiga tatarica
| Author: | Linnaeus, 1766. | | Citation: | Syst. Nat., 12th ed., 1: 97. | | Common Name: | Steppe Saiga | | Type Locality: | "Habitat in summa Asia"; identified as W Kazakhstan, steppes along the Ural River. | | Distribution: | China (extinct; formerly in Dzungarian Basin of Sinkiang), Kazakhstan, Moldavia (extinct), E Poland (extinct), S Russia (now restricted to Kalmykia, occasionally entering Dagestan), Ukraine (Crimea, extinct), NW Uzbekistan (seasonal). | | Status: | CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Critically Endangered. | | Comments: | Reviewed by Sokolov (1974, Mammalian Species, 38). |
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