Saiga Gray 1843

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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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11337302
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scientific name	Saiga Gray 1843
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Saiga Gray 1843 View in CoL

Saiga Gray 1843 View in CoL , List Specimens Mamm. Coll. Brit. Mus.: xxvi.

Type Species: Capra tatarica Linnaeus 1766

Species and subspecies: 2 species with 2 subspecies:

Species Saiga borealis Tschersky 1876

Subspecies Saiga borealis subsp. borealis Tschersky 1876

Subspecies Saiga borealis subsp. mongolica Bannikov 1946

Species Saiga tatarica ( Linnaeus 1766)

Discussion: This generic name is spelt " Saiga " on p. xxvi and " Siaga " on p. 160 of the original citation. Synonymy suggested in part by Baryshnikov and Tikhonov (1994) and Kahlke (1999).