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Saiga borealis (Mongolian Saiga)

Infraspecies

Saiga borealis borealis
Saiga borealis mongolica (Mongolian Saiga)

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  83.758 lbs (37.992 kg)
Birth Weight [1]  7.377 lbs (3.346 kg)
Diet [2]  Herbivore
Diet - Plants [2]  100 %
Forages - Ground [2]  100 %
Female Maturity [1]  10 months 6 days
Gestation [1]  4 months 29 days
Litter Size [1]  2
Litters / Year [1]  1
Maximum Longevity [1]  12 years
Snout to Vent Length [1]  4.198 feet (128 cm)

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0