Saiga tatarica

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Bovoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Grandordo: Ferungulata Mirordo: Euungulata Ordo: Artiodactyla Cladus: Artiofabula Cladus: Cetruminantia Cladus: Ruminantiamorpha Subordo: Ruminantia Infraordo: Pecora Superfamilia: Bovoidea

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).

Synonymy

Capra tatarica Systema Naturae ed.12, 1: 97, 1766 (protonym).
Ibex imberbis S. G. Gmelin, 1760. Nov. Comm. Acad. Sci. Petrop., 5: 345. Nom. nudum.
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.

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, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.

Vernacular names

العربية: سايغا
авар: Сайга
azərbaycanca: Sayqak
башҡортса: Сайғаҡ
беларуская: Сайгак
български: Сайга
brezhoneg: Saiga
català: Saiga
нохчийн: Сайгак
čeština: Sajga tatarská
dansk: Saigaantilope
Deutsch: Saiga
Ελληνικά: Αντιλόπη σάιγκα
English: Saiga
Esperanto: Altnaza antilopo
español: Antilope Saiga
eesti: Saiga
فارسی: کل سکایی
suomi: Saiga
français: Saïga
galego: Saiga
עברית: סאיגה
हिन्दी: साइगा
hrvatski: Sajga
magyar: Szajga
Bahasa Indonesia: Antelop saiga
italiano: Saiga
日本語: サイガ
ქართული: საიგა
қазақша: Ақбөкен
한국어: 사이가산양
кыргызча: Бөкөн
lietuvių: Saiga
latviešu: Saiga
монгол: Бөхөн
Bahasa Melayu: Saiga
မြန်မာဘာသာ: ဆိုင်ဂါးတောဆိတ်
Nederlands: Saiga
norsk: Saigaantilope
polski: Suhak stepowy
پنجابی: سیگا
português: Saiga
română: Antilopa Saiga
русский: Сайга
slovenčina: Sajga
slovenščina: Sajga
српски / srpski: Сајга
svenska: Saigaantilop
тоҷикӣ: Сайдак
ไทย: กุย
Türkçe: Sayga
удмурт: Сайга
ئۇيغۇرچە / Uyghurche: قاڭشارلىق بۆكەن
українська: Сайгак
oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча: Saygʻoq
Tiếng Việt: Linh dương Saiga
中文: 高鼻羚羊

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