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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Vinony's link graph records 3 inbound references to Saigini, and connects out to Saiga, Pantholops hodgsonii and Grant's gazelle.
Vinony files it under Antilopinae, Mammal tribes and Taxa named by George Gaylord Simpson.
Vinony links it to 8 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Parent taxon
- Antilopinae
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- Saiga tartarica.jpg
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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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