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Saiga tatarica

Mammalia - Bovidae

Taxonomy
Capra tatarica was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

It was recombined as Saiga tatarica by Gray (1843), Frick (1937), Kurten and Anderson (1980) and Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Capra tatarica Linnaeus
1843Saiga tatarica Gray
1937Saiga ricei Frick
1937Saiga tatarica Frick
1980Saiga tatarica Kurten and Anderson p. 326
2008Saiga tatarica Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 979 figs. Fig. 5

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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
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Ruminantiamorpha
—Ruminantia(Scopoli 1777)
—Pecora()
familyBovidae
genusSaigaGray 1843
speciestatarica(Linnaeus 1758)

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.

Saiga tatarica Linnaeus 1758
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Invalid names: Saiga ricei Frick 1937 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available