Saiga Gray 1843 (saiga)
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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
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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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