Saiga Antelope

Saiga Tatarica was changed from Critically Endangered to Near Threatened by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).

The Saiga, the odd-faced antelope has roamed the earth since the last Ice Age.
They are medium sized hoofed mammal that belongs to the family Bovidae.
They lives in herds in treeless steppe country.

Hoofed mammal are animals with a hard, nail-like case called a hoof covering each toe on their feet.

Sub-species - The Saiga has two sub-species
- Saiga tatarica (found in most of the range) and
- Saiga tatarica mongolica (found only in Mongolia).
The antelope were once found throughout the Eurasian Steppe, the great band of grassland that stretches from Hungary in Europe to Manchuria in Asia.
Today, the animal is found in fragmented populations within Kazakhstan, Mongolia, the Russian Federation and Uzbekistan, according to the Saiga Conservation Alliance (SCA).
Since 2002, the Saiga has been considered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) to be critically endangered.

Steppes

A steppe is a dry, grassy plain which occur in temperate climates, which lie between the tropics and polar regions.
Temperate regions have distinct seasonal temperature changes, with cold winters and warm summers.
The Steppe, belt of grassland that extends from Hungary in the west through Ukraine and Central Asia to Manchuria in the east.
Climate is continental with extremes of temperature varying greatly between summer and winter.

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