Saiga antelope Saiga tatarica Near threatened
Where the saiga antelope lives – recorded in 3 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.
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| Scientific name | Saiga tatarica |
|---|---|
| Group | Antelopes, wild cattle, sheep & goats |
| Status | Near threatened (Wikidata, IUCN category label) |
| Found in | 3 countries |
| Continents | Asia, Europe |
| Class | Mammal |
| Order | Artiodactyla |
| Family | Bovidae |
Where does the saiga antelope live?
Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the saiga antelope in 3 countries and territories across Asia and Europe.
Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.
Is the saiga antelope endangered?
The saiga antelope’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Near threatened” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.
What kind of animal is the saiga antelope?
The saiga antelope (Saiga tatarica) is a mammal in the order Artiodactyla and the family Bovidae, genus Saiga. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)
About the saiga antelope
The saiga antelope (Saiga tatarica, ), or simply saiga, is a species of antelope which during antiquity inhabited a vast area of the Eurasian steppe, spanning the foothills of the Carpathian Mountains in the northwest and Caucasus in the southwest into Mongolia in the northeast and Dzungaria in the southeast. During the Pleistocene, it ranged across the mammoth steppe from the British Isles to Beringia. Today, the dominant subspecies (S. t. tatarica) only occurs in Kalmykia and Astrakhan Oblast of Russia and in the Ural Mountains, Ustyurt Plateau and Betpak-Dala regions of Kazakhstan. A portion of the Ustyurt population migrates south to Uzbekistan and occasionally to Turkmenistan in winter. It is regionally extinct in Romania, Ukraine, Moldova, China and southwestern Mongolia. The Mongolian subspecies (S. t. mongolica) occurs only in western Mongolia.
Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Saiga antelope (revision 1381463288), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q126683 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).
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