Saiga tatarica

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ruminantia 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Synapsida
Cladus: Eupelycosauria
Cladus: Sphenacodontia
Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea
Cladus: Therapsida
Cladus: Theriodontia
Subordo: Cynodontia
Infraordo: Eucynodontia
Cladus: Probainognathia
Cladus: Prozostrodontia
Cladus: Mammaliaformes
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Trechnotheria
Infraclassis: Zatheria
Supercohors: Theria
Cohors: Eutheria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Cladus: Boreoeutheria
Superordo: Laurasiatheria
Cladus: Euungulata
Ordo: Artiodactyla
Cladus: Artiofabula
Cladus: Cetruminantia
Subordo: Ruminantia

Familia: Bovidae
Subfamilia: Antilopinae
Genus: Saiga
Species: Saiga tatarica
Subspecies: S. t. mongolica – S. t. tatarica

Name

Saiga tatarica (Linnaeus, 1766)

Type locality: "Habitat in summa Asia"; identified as West Kazakhstan, steppes along the Ural River.
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).

Synonyms

  • Ibex imberbis S. G. Gmelin, 1760. Nov. Comm. Acad. Sci. Petrop., 5: 345. Nom. nudum.
  • Capra tatarica 1766. Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., 12 ed., 1: 97.
  • Antilope saiga Pallas, 1766. Misc. Zool.: 6. Pro Ibex imberbis Gmelin. Nom. nudum.
  • Antilope scithica Pallas, 1767. Spicil. Zool., 1: 9. Pro Ibex imberbis Gmelin. Nom. nudum.
  • Capra sayga 1768. Forster, Philos. Trans., 57: 344.
  • Cemas coins 1816. Oken, Lehrb. Naturg., 3, 2: 736. Pro Ibex imberbis Gmelin. Nom. nudum.

References

  • Linnaeus, C., 1766: Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae. pp. 1–532. Tomus I. Editio duodecima, reformata.
  • Clifford A.B., Witmer L.M. 2004: Case studies in novel narial anatomy: 3. Structure and function of the nasal cavity of saiga (Artiodactyla: Bovidae: Saiga tatarica). J. Zool London. 264: 217–230.
  • Frey R., Hofmann R.R. 1995: Der Kopf der Saiga-Antilope (Saiga tatarica tataricaLinnaeus 1766, Mammalia: Bovidae) – Ausgewählte funktionsmorphologische Aspekte. I. Die Speicheldrüsen, die Mandibula und die Zunge. Zool. Beitr. (N.F.) 36: 169–198.
  • IUCN: Saiga tatarica (Linnaeus, 1766) (Critically Endangered)
  • Saiga tatarica in Mammal Species of the World.
    Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.

Vernacular names

беларуская: Сайгак
Deutsch: Saiga
English: Saiga Antelope
Esperanto: Altnaza antilopo
español: Antilope saiga Tátaro
magyar: Szajga, tatárantilop
日本語: サイガ
polski: Suhak stepowy
português: Saiga
ไทย: กุย
Türkçe: Sayga
українська: Сайгак
中文: 高鼻羚羊
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