Cerophorus (Antilope) saiga, Blainv. Bull. Soc. Philom. 1816, p. 75.
Colus saiga, Fitz. SB. Wien, lix. pt. 1, p. 161 (1809).
Saiga saiga, Jent. Cat. Ost. Leyd. Mus. (Mus. Pays-Bas, ix.) p. 134 (1887); id. Cat. Mamm. Leyd. Mus. (op. cit. xi.) p. 165 (1892).
Antilope scythica, Pall. Spic. Zool. fasc. i. p. 9 (1767); Müll. Natursyst. Suppl. p. 53 (1776); Erxl. Syst. R. A. p. 289 (1777); Zimm. Spec. Zool. Geog. p. 541 (1777); Gatt. Brev. Zool. i. p. 83 (1780); Oken, Allg. Naturg. vii. p. 1365 (1838).
Cemas colus, Oken, Lehrb. Nat. p. 736 (1816).
Antilope colus, H. Sm. Griff. An. K. iv. p. 226, v. p. 335 (1827); Less. N. Tabl. R. A., Mamm. p. 176 (1812).
Saiga colus, Gray, Ann. Mag. N. H. (1) xviii. p. 231 (1846).
Gazella colus, Turner, P. Z. S. 1850, p. 168.
Vernacular Names:—Saigàk in Russian; Suhak or Baran polnii in Polish; Ak-kirk of the Tartars; Sogak of the Caucasians; Gorossuun, the male Ohna, the female Scharcholdsi, of the Calmucks; Jaban-choin of the Turks; Beschen-Chusch of Circassians; Linjodsha of Chinese.—Pallas.
Height at withers about 30 inches. General colour in summer dull yellowish, with a whitish throat and indistinct facial markings; in winter nearly uniform whitish all over, without markings anywhere. Ears very short, thickly haired. Tail short, uniform in colour with the body.