Genus III. SAIGA. 
Type. 
Saiga, Gray, List Mamm. B. M. p. xxvi (1843) S. TATARICA. 
Colus, Wagner, Schreber’s Siugeth. Suppl. iv. p. 419 ( (1844) . S. TATARICA. 
Size medium. Nose large, elongate, bent downwards, and inflated; the 
nostrils opening downwards. ‘Tail short. 
Mamme 4. Accessory hoofs 
present. 
Skull with short nasals and premaxillaries, and an exceedingly large and 
high nasal opening ; small supraorbital pits; no lachrymal vacuities; ante- 
orbital fossze shallow. Lower premolars two, at least in the recent species. 
Horns of medium length, cylindrical, rather irregularly lyrate, strongly 
ringed, pale whitish or amber-coloured. Female hornless. 
Range of the Genus. Steppes of S.E. Europe and Western Asia. 
One species only. 
