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SAIGA (Saiga tatarica)

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SAIGA (Saiga tatarica)

SAIGA (Saiga tatarica) , the native designation of 'a See also:

DESERT

desert= dwelling See also:

ANTELOPE

antelope, easily'recognized by its extraordinary swollen and puffy See also:

NOSE (O.Eng. nosu, cf. Dutch neus, Swed. nos, snout; the Aix in Provence. Both at Aix and at Lyons he acquired great connexion with O.Eng. nasu is obscure, cf. Ger. Nase, Lat. pares, distinction by his labours during outbreaks of the plague. In nostrils,

nose, in which the apertures of the tubular nostrils are directed downwards. The ringed lyrate horns of the See also:

MALES

males are See also:

AMBER

amber-coloured, and wide apart on the See also:

head. There is a small gland on each See also:

side ,of the See also:

FACE (from Lat. fades, derived either from facere, to make, or from a root fa-, meaning " appear "; cf. Gr. cbatvstv)

face below the See also:

eye; and the ears are remarkable for their See also:

SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short and rounded' See also:

FORM (Lat. forma)

form. The 'See also:

COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour is whitish in See also:

winter and sandy in summer. ' It is the See also:

SOLE (Solea)

sole representative" of its genus. At the See also:

PRESENT

present See also:

day the headquarters of this antelope are the See also:

KIRGHIZ

Kirghiz See also:

STEPPES

Steppes, but a See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century ago its range extended as far See also:

west as See also:

Poland. During the latter See also:

PART

part of the See also:

TERTIARY

Tertiary See also:

period the saiga was much more widely distributed, fossilized remains having been obtained from' many parts of Western See also:

EUROPE

Europe, including See also:

BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

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