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See also:SAIGA (Saiga tatarica) , the native designation of 'a See also:desert= dwelling See also:antelope, easily'recognized by its extraordinary swollen and puffy See also:nose, in which the apertures of the tubular nostrils are directed downwards . The ringed lyrate horns of the See also:males are See also: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 below the See also:eye; and the ears are remarkable for their See also:short and rounded' See also:form . The 'See also:colour is whitish in See also:winter and sandy in summer . ' It is the See also:sole representative" of its genus . At the See also:present See also:day the headquarters of this antelope are the See also:Kirghiz See also:Steppes, but a See also:century ago its range extended as far See also:west as See also:Poland . During the latter See also:part of the See also:Tertiary See also:period the See also:saiga was much more widely distributed, fossilized remains having been obtained from' many parts of Western See also:Europe, including See also:Britain . |
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