Description Title: Animals in action; studies and stories of beasts, birds and reptiles; their habits, their homes and their peculiarities
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: Elbridge S. Brooks (Elbridge Streeter Brooks), 1846-1902
Text Appearing After Image: Hunting the Saiga Antelope. THE SAIGA, OR ANTELOPE OF THE STEPPES.
Date 1901
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The saiga antelope (Saiga tatarica) is an antelope that originally inhabited a vast area of the Eurasian steppe zone from the foothills of the Carpathian Mountains and Caucasus into Dzungaria and Mongolia. The scientific name of the saiga is Saiga tatarica. It is the sole extant member of its genus and is classified under the family Bovidae.