Saiga antelope
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The saiga antelope or saiga is a species of antelope which during antiquity inhabited a vast area of the Eurasian steppe, spanning the foothills of the Carpathian Mountains in the northwest and Caucas
Saiga antelope at the Stepnoi Sanctuary
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Saiga tatarica historic¤t distribution
Saiga antelope skull and taxidermy mount on display at the Museum of Osteology
Mammoth steppe
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The mammoth steppe, also known as steppe-tundra, was once the Earth's most extensive biome. During glacial periods in the later Pleistocene, it stretched east to west from the Iberian Peninsula in the
Saiga antelope
…the northwest and Caucasus in the southwest into Mongolia in the northeast and Dzungaria in the southeast. During the Pleistocene, it ranged across the mammoth steppe from the British Isles to Beringia. Today, the dominant subspecies (S. t. tatarica) only occurs in Kalmykia and Astrakhan Oblast of Russia and in the…
Ukok Plateau, one of the last remnants of the mammoth steppe
Artemisia, Taymyr lowlands 24,000–10,300 YBP, Yakutia 22,500 YBP, Alaska and the Yukon 15,000-11,500 YBP
Cyperaceae (sedges), Yakutia 22,500 YBP, Alaska and the Yukon 15,000-11,500 YBP
Gramineae (grasses), Taymyr lowlands 24,000–10,300 YBP, Yakutia 22,500 YBP, Alaska and the Yukon 15,000-11,500 YBP