Saiga borealis Tschersky 1876

Saiga borealis Tschersky 1876, Izvest. Sibir. Otdel. Russ. Geog. Obshchest., 7 (5-Apr): 14.

Type Locality: Russia, Siberia, Yakutsia, River Wiljui or Vilyuy.

Vernacular Names: Mongolian Saiga.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Saiga borealis subsp. borealis Tschersky 1876

Subspecies Saiga borealis subsp. mongolica Bannikov 1946

Distribution: W Mongolia (S. b. mongolica).

Conservation: U.S. ESA – Endangered and IUCN – Vulnerable as S. tatarica mongolica .; see comments.

Discussion: The Pleistocene mammoth-steppe Saiga is a distinct species including the living subspecies mongolica according to Baryshnikov and Tikhonov (1994). Reviewed in part as S. tatarica mongolica by Sokolov (1974, Mammalian Species, 38).