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The saiga antelope (/ ˈ s aɪ ɡ ə /, Saiga tatarica), or saiga, is a species of antelope which during antiquity inhabited a vast area of the Eurasian steppe, spanning the foothills of the Carpathian Mountains in the northwest and Caucasus in the southwest into Mongolia in the northeast and Dzungaria in the southeast.
The Saiga Conservation Alliance SCA is a network of researchers and conservationists working to study and protect the critically endangered Saiga Antelope (Saiga tatarica) and their habitat. The Saiga are often seen as a major flagship species of the Central Asian and pre-Caspian steppes.
This site contains the remains of rhinoceros, red deer, beaver, wolf, Saiga Antelope, tarpan, reindeer and aurochs, as well as fox, hare and indeterminate birds. [1] The remains of Saiga Antelope were the most numerous animal remains discovered, they have been dated to around 16 000BP.
Saiga was traditionally classified as a member of the tribe Saigini, within the subfamily Caprinae [1] [3] but some authors suggested that the genus Saiga was closer to the subfamily Antilopinae. [ 4 ] In 2000 Groves analyzed the morphological characters of Procapra , Prodorcas and Saiga , and proposed three basal groups of Antilopinae, one of ...
Saiga antelope. Twenty-six species of mammals, 147 species of birds, and 918 species of higher plants have been recorded in Kaplankyr reserve. Protected rare species of animals found in the reserve include, Central Asian gazelle, the Ustyurt Mountain sheep, honey badger as well as substantial population of the Saiga antelope that migrate here from Karakalpakstan in the winter.
The Javan rhino (Rhinoceros sondaicus) once roamed across many countries in Southeast Asia. Around 2,000 years ago, they were still common in many parts of China. Around 12,000 years ago, they ...
An intense blast of cold air has taken up shop in the central United States this week with temperatures up to 50 degrees below average and over 200 daily cold records at risk of being broken.
The area has one of the last two populations of the Mongolian saiga antelope (Saiga tatarica mongolica), which is protected in Sharga Nature Reserve. In 2009, its population was 1,921. In 2009, its population was 1,921.