zeren

From Russian дзерен (dzeren), from Mongolian зээр (zeer).

zeren

1. The Mongolian gazelle, Procapra gutturosa.
   • 1953, Brooklyn Entomological Society, Entomologica Americana, Volumes 32-33, page 291,

     Only one is strictly Asiatic, Procapra (2), of which one species, P. gutturosa, the zeren, is the type host of Pallas' (1777) Lipoptena antilopes, a ked not seen again for the past 150 years.

   • 1993, Lauren S. Bahr, Bernard Johnston, Goat Gazelle, entry in Collier's Encyclopedia, Volume 2, page 285,

     There are two species of goat gazelles: the goa, or Tibetan, gazelle, Procapra picticandata, and the zeren, or Mongolian, gazelle, P. gutturosa.

   • 2010, Paula Hammond, The Atlas of Endangered Animals: Wildlife Under Threat Around the World, page 195,

     Saigas share part of their home range with the zeren (Procapra gutturosa). These Mongolian antelopes lack the distended nose that characterizes the saiga, but males do develop a similarly curious enlarged throat sac during the mating season.

• Zener