Saiga antelope
Saiga tatarica
At a glance
- Scientific name
- Saiga tatarica
- Class
- Mammal
- Order
- Artiodactyla
- Family
- Bovidae
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Size
- Medium (1–2 m)
- Active
- By day
- Continent
- Asia, Europe
- Habitat
- Grassland, Desert
- Conservation status
- Near threatened
- Difficulty in WildGuessr
- Hard
Did you know?
- Its bulbous, flexible nose filters dust in summer and warms the freezing air in winter before it reaches the lungs.
- Females of a herd give birth almost at the same time, mostly within a couple of weeks.
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Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q126683 · All animals · All entries