saiga

IPA: saɪgʌ

Saiga tatarica, an antelope which inhabits a vast area between Kalmykia, Kazakhstan, southern Siberia.

Examples of "saiga" in Sentences

The endangered saiga antelope also lives in Saryarka.
Elena Bykova: The saiga is a keystone species of the steppe.
And so it was that, just before dawn, Li homed in on a young saiga antelope.
The wildlife trade in Mongolia, valued at US$100 million annually, is contributing to the rapid decline of species such as saiga antelope [134].
The saiga antelope, which once roamed the plains of China and Russia in huge herds, was hunted to the brink of extinction because its translucent pale pink horns were thought to have magical healing qualities in traditional medicine.