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N. Dict. d’H. N. (1) xxiv. Tabl. p. 33 (1804) ; Tiedem. Zool. i. p. 409 (1808) ; 
Pall. Zoogr. Ross.-As. i. p. 252 (1811); G. Fisch. Zoogn. iii. p. 428 (1814) ; Afz. 
N. Act. Ups. vii. p. 220 (1815) ; Desm. N. Dict. d’H. N. (2) ii. p. 181 (1816) ; 
G. Cuv. R. A. i. p. 261 (1817) ; Goldf. Schr. Saug. v. p. 1216 (1818) ; Schinz, 
Cuv. Thierr. i. p. 389 (1821) ; Desmoul. Dict. Class. d’H. N. i. p. 442. (1822) ; 
Desm. Mamm. ii. p. 452 (1822) ; Less. Man. Mamm. p. 391 (1827); J. B. Fisch. 
Syn. Mamm. p. 458 (1829) ; Less. Compl. Buff. x. p. 289 (1836) ; Laurill. Dict. 
Univ. d’H. N. 1. p. 616 (1839) ; Gerv. Dict. Sci. Nat. i. p. 260 (1840); Less. N. 
Tabl. R. A., Mamm. p. 176 (1842) ; Wagn. Schr. Saéug. Suppl. iv. p. 420 (1844), 
v. p. 402 (1855) ; Schinz, Syn. Mamm. ii. p. 408 (1845) ; id. Mon. Antil. p. 12 
(1848) ; Gieb. Saiug. p. 313 (1853); Nehring, Z. Ges. Erdkunde Berl. xxvi. 
pp. 827 & 338 (1891) (distribution) ; id. Zool. Gart. 1891, p. 328. 
Capra sayga, Forst. Phil. Trans. lvii. p. 344 (1767). 
Antilope (Gazella) saiga, Licht. Mag. nat. Freund. vi. p. 171 (1814). 
Cerophorus (Antilope) saiga, Blainv. Bull. Soc. Philom. 1816, p. 75. 
Colus saiga, Fitz. SB. Wien, lix. pt. 1, p. 161 (1869). 
Saiga saiga, Jent. Cat. Ost. Leyd. Mus. (Mus. Pays-Bas, ix.) p. 184 (1887) ; id. Cat. 
Mamm. Leyd. Mus. (op. cit. xi.) p. 165 (1892). 
Antilope scythica, Pall. Spic. Zool. fase. i. p. 9 (1767) ; Mill. Natursyst. Suppl. p. 53 
(1776) ; Erxl. Syst. R. A. p.289 (1777) ; Zimm. Spec. Zool. Geog. p. 544 (1777) ; 
Gatt. Brev. Zool. i. p. 83 (1780) ; Oken, Allg. Naturg. vil. p. 1865 (1838). 
Cemas colus, Oken, Lehrb. Nat. p. 736 (1816). 
Antilope colus, H. Sm. Griff. An. K. iv. p. 226, v. p. 385 (1827) ; Less. N. Tabl. R. A., 
Mamm. p. 176 (1842). 
Saiga colus, Gray, Ann. Mag. N. H. (1) xviii. p. 231 (1846). 
Gazella colus, Turner, P. Z. S. 1850, p. 168. 
Vernacutar Names :—Saigak in Russian ; Suhak or Baran polnii in Polish; Ak-kirk 
of the Tartars ; Sogak of the Caucasians; Gorossuun, the male Ohna, the female 
Scharcholdsi, of the Calmucks ; Jaban-choin of the Turks ; Beschen-Chusch of 
Circassians ; Linjodsha of Chinese.—Pattas. 
Height at withers about 30 inches. General colour in summer dull 
yellowish, with a whitish throat and indistinct facial markings; in winter 
nearly uniform whitish all over, without markings anywhere. Lars very 
short, thickly haired. Tail short, uniform in colour with the body. 
Skull and horns of male as above described (p. 29). The dimensions of an 
old male skull are:—Basal length 9°5 inches, greatest breadth 6:1, muzzle 
to orbit 6°3. 
