Saiga Gray 1843

Saiga Gray 1843, 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).