Saiga tatarica (Linnaeus 1766)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Artiodactyla, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 637-722 : 688

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scientific name	Saiga tatarica (Linnaeus 1766)
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[Capra] tatarica Linnaeus 1766 , Syst. Nat., 12th ed., Vol. 1: 97.

Type Locality: "Habitat in summa Asia"; identified as W Kazakhstan, steppes along the Ural River.

Vernacular Names: Steppe Saiga.

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).

Conservation: CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Critically Endangered.

Discussion: Reviewed by Sokolov (1974, Mammalian Species, 38).