Saiga tatarica

Saiga tatarica

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Artiodactyla
Main Page Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Chordata Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Theria Infraclassis: Eutheria Magnordo: Epitheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Cetartiodactyla Ordo: Artiodactyla

Familia: Bovidae
Subfamilia: Antilopinae
Genus: Saiga
Species: Saiga tatarica
Subspecies: S. t. mongolica – S. t. tatarica

Name

Saiga tatarica (Linnaeus, 1766)

Type Locality: "Habitat in summa Asia"; identified as West 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).

Synonyms

• Ibex imberbis Gmelin, 1760. Nov. Comm. Acad. Sci. Petrop., 5: 345. Nom. nudum.
• Capra tatarica 1766. Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., 12 ed., 1: 97.
• Antilope saiga Pallas, 1766. Misc. Zool.: 6. Pro Ibex imberbis Gmelin. Nom. nudum.
• Antilope scithica Pallas, 1767. Spicil. Zool., 1: 9. Pro Ibex imberbis Gmelin. Nom. nudum.
• Capra sayga 1768. Forster, Philos. Trans., 57: 344.
• Cemas coins 1816. Oken, Lehrb. Naturg., 3, 2: 736. Pro Ibex imberbis Gmelin. Nom. nudum.

References

• Linnaeus, C., 1766: Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae. pp. 1–532. Tomus I. Editio duodecima, reformata.

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• Clifford A.B., Witmer L.M. 2004: Case studies in novel narial anatomy: 3. Structure and function of the nasal cavity of saiga (Artiodactyla: Bovidae: Saiga tatarica). J. Zool London. 264: 217–230.
• Frey R., Hofmann R.R. 1995: Der Kopf der Saiga-Antilope (Saiga tatarica tataricaLinnaeus 1766, Mammalia: Bovidae) – Ausgewählte funktionsmorphologische Aspekte. I. Die Speicheldrüsen, die Mandibula und die Zunge. Zool. Beitr. (N.F.) 36: 169–198.
• IUCN: Saiga tatarica (Linnaeus, 1766) (Critically Endangered)
• Saiga tatarica in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, D. E. & Reeder, D. M. (eds.) (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0801882214

Vernacular names

English: Saiga Antelope
Esperanto: Altnaza antilopo
日本語: サイガ
português: Saiga
Türkçe: Sayga
українська: Сайгак
中文: 高鼻羚羊