Tibetan antelope
The scientific name of the saiga is "Saiga tatarica". It is the sole extant member of its genus and is classified in the family Bovidae. This species was first described by Swedish zoologist Carl Linnaeus in the 12th edition of "Systema Naturae" (1766). Linnaeus gave it the name "Capra tatarica". The relationship between the saiga and the Tibetan antelope ("Pantholops hodgsonii") has long been debated. English zoologist Reginald Innes Pocock classified them under different subfamilies in 1910.