Saiga Gray 1843 (saiga)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Bovidae

Parent taxon: Antilopini according to Z. T. Calamari 2021

See also Agnarsson and May-Collado 2008, Alroy 2002, Carroll 1988, Grubb 2001 and Kurten and Anderson 1980

Sister taxa: Ammodorcas, Antidorcas, Antilope, Dorcatragus, Eudorcas, Gazella, Litocranius, Madoqua, Nanger, Ourebia, Procapra, Raphicerus

Subtaxa: Saiga tatarica

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Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Canada (1: Northwest Territories collection), Greece (1), Kazakhstan (1), the Russian Federation (1), United States (1: Alaska)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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