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- antalóp saigeach Reference Faomhadh an téarma seo mar chuid de Thionscadal Lex
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- steppe saiga | saiga antelope | Saiga spp. | Saiga ssp. | saiga
- en
- Definition Asian antelope with a distinctive convex snout with the nostrils opening downwards, filtering out airborne dust during the dry summer and warming cold air before it enters the lungs during the winter Reference COM-EN based on:
- Comment Classified as 'critically endangered' in the IUCN Red List. Having once inhabited the steppes and semi-desert regions of south-eastern Europe and across Central Asia to Mongolia and north-west China, the saiga's original range has been greatly reduced. Currently, there are five saiga populations: one in Russia, three in Kazakhstan and one in Mongolia. Despite once numbering over one million in the mid-1970s, intense hunting pressure has reduced the global population to some 50,000 individuals. Saiga may be hunted for meat or for their horns, which are highly valued in traditional Chinese medicine due to alleged curative properties.
- antilope saïga | saïga
- fr
- Definition antilope d'Asie centrale vivant dans les steppes, au museau se terminant par une trompe molle capable de se dilater et permettant à l'animal de filtrer l'air chargé de poussière pendant l'été et de réchauffer l'air respiré pendant l'hiver Reference "COM-FR d'après: - site Instinct animal > Liste animaux > antilope saïga (10.4.2019) - site Site du WWF-France > Espèces prioritaires > antilope saïga (10.4.2019)"