Saiga Antelope : IUCN Category
The Saiga (Saiga tatarica) species category was changed from Critically Endangered to Near Threatened by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
- Saiga Antelope is a large migratory herbivore.
- This antelope has an extremely unusual appearance with an oversized and flexible nose, the internal structure of which acts like a filter.
- Their large noses filter out dust kicked up by the herd in the warm summers and warms the icy air before it reaches their lungs in the winters.
- It inhabits open dry steppe grasslands and semi-arid deserts.
- It is found in fragmented populations within Kazakhstan, Mongolia, the Russian Federation and Uzbekistan.
- Conservation status
- IUCN: Near threatened
- CITES: Appendix II
