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Saiga Antelope
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- The species’ (Saiga tatarica) category was changed from Critically Endangered to Near Threatened by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
- The Saiga has two sub-species: Saiga tatarica 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.
- Saiga populations in Kazakhstan have recovered from a perilously low estimate of just 48,000 in 2005 to now over 1.9 million.
- The Mongolian subspecies numbers 15,540 individuals, according to a November 2023 census.
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