Saiga borealis Tschersky 1876

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 borealis Tschersky 1876
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Saiga borealis Tschersky 1876 , Izvest. Sibir. Otdel. Russ. Geog. Obshchest., 7 (5-Apr): 14.

Type Locality: Russia, Siberia, Yakutsia, River Wiljui or Vilyuy.

Vernacular Names: Mongolian Saiga.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Saiga borealis subsp. borealis Tschersky 1876

Subspecies Saiga borealis subsp. mongolica Bannikov 1946

Distribution: W Mongolia (S. b. mongolica).

Conservation: U.S. ESA – Endangered and IUCN – Vulnerable as S. tatarica mongolica .; see comments.

Discussion: The Pleistocene mammoth-steppe Saiga is a distinct species including the living subspecies mongolica according to Baryshnikov and Tikhonov (1994). Reviewed in part as S. tatarica mongolica by Sokolov (1974, Mammalian Species, 38).