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Saiga (saiga)

Mammalia - Bovidae

Taxonomy
Saiga was named by Gray (1843). It is extant.

It was assigned to Caprinae by Kurten and Anderson (1980); to Bovidae by Gray (1843), Carroll (1988); to Antilopinae by Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008); and to Antilopini by Grubb (2001), Calamari (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1843Saiga Gray
1980Saiga Kurten and Anderson p. 326
1988Saiga Carroll
2001Saiga Grubb p. 378
2008Saiga Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 979 figs. Fig. 5
2021Saiga Calamari

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Ruminantiamorpha
—Ruminantia(Scopoli 1777)
—Pecora()
superfamilyBovoidea
familyBovidae
subfamilyAntilopinaeGray 1821
tribeAntilopiniGray 1821
genusSaigaGray 1843

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Saiga Gray 1843 [saiga]
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Saiga tatarica Linnaeus 1758
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Invalid names: Saiga ricei Frick 1937 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available