Saigini
Sign in to saveSaigini is a tribe of artiodactyl mammals of the Bovidae family, subfamily Antilopinae, comprising two species of medium-sized antelopes that inhabit the Eurasian steppes.
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Saigini is a tribe of artiodactyl mammals of the Bovidae family, subfamily Antilopinae, comprising two species of medium-sized antelopes that inhabit the Eurasian steppes.
== Taxonomy == === Description === The tribe was created in 1945 by the American paleontologist and theoretical biologist George Gaylord Simpson. According to the Simpson classification the tribe comprises two monospecific genera: Tribus Saigini Genus Pantholops Pantholops hodgsonii Genus Saiga Saiga tatarica
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