KIAGIN.E 



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Antilope tatarica, Forster, Dcscrip. Anim. p. 390, 1844 ; Sundevall, 



K. Sveiiska Vet.-Ak. Handl. 1845, p. 270, 1847. 

 Saiga oolus, Ch-mj, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 1, vol. xviii, p. 231, 



1846. 

 Gazella colus, Turner, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1850, p. 168. 

 Colus saiga, Fiizinger, Sitzher. I: AJc. Wiss. Wien, vol. lix, pt. 1, 



p. 161, 1869. 

 Colus tataricus, Brelim, Thierlehen, Saugethiere, vol. iii, p. 283, 1880. 

 Saiga saiga, Jentinh, Gat. Osteol. Leyden Mus. [Mus. Pays-Baa) 



vol. ix) p. 134, 1887, Cat. Ma/inm. Leyden Mus. (op. cit. vol. xi) 



p. 165, 1892. 



Saiga, or Saigak. 

 Typical locality Ural Steppes. 



Size approximately that of a large sheep, the shoulder- 

 height being about 30 inches. General colour in summer 



Fig. 3. — The Saiga (Saiga tatarica). 



dull yellowish, with the throat and indistinct markings on 

 the face whitish ; in winter, when the coat is much longer 

 and thicker, the colour is uniformly whitish throughout ; 



