Saiga tatarica ssp. tatarica
| Kingdom |
Phylum |
Class |
Order |
Family |
| ANIMALIA |
CHORDATA |
MAMMALIA |
CETARTIODACTYLA |
BOVIDAE |
| Scientific Name: |
Saiga tatarica ssp. tatarica
|
| Species Authority: |
(Linnaeus, 1766) |
Common Name/s:
| English |
– |
Russian Saiga, Saiga |
| French |
– |
Saïga |
| Spanish |
– |
Antilope Saiga |
|
Assessment Information
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| Red List Category & Criteria: |
Critically Endangered
A2acd
ver 3.1
|
| Year Published: |
2008 |
| Assessor/s: |
Mallon, D.P. |
| Reviewer/s: |
Milner-Gulland, E.J. & Mallon, D.P. (Antelope Red List Authority) |
| Contributor/s: |
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Justification:
The population has shown an observed decline of over 80% over the last 10 years and the decline is continuing. Severely skewed sex ratios are leading to reproductive collapse.
|
| History: |
| 2003 |
– |
Critically Endangered
(IUCN 2003)
|
| 2003 |
– |
Critically Endangered
|
| 2002 |
– |
Critically Endangered
|
| 1996 |
– |
Vulnerable
|
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Geographic Range
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Population
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| Population Trend: |
Decreasing
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Habitat and Ecology
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