The nasal cavity is very large and open, the end of the nasal bones anteriorly being situated at about the middle of the skull; this would seem to indicate at least a flexible and long nose like that of the Saiga Antelope, if not a trunk.
Sivatherium was almost as large as an Elephant, and in restorations it is depicted as having a fleshy dilated nose like the Saiga Antelope; this view is based upon the position and size of the nasal bones.
The Saiga Antelope, genus Saiga, is one of the most remarkable types of Antelope in its outward appearance.
More or less nearly related to the saiga is the chiru (q.
Saiga tatarica, of the Kirghiz steppes stands apart from all other antelopes by its curiously puffed and trunk-like nose, which can be wrinkled up when the animal is feeding and has the nostrils opening downwards.
The saiga is notable for its highly-arched nose and inflated nostrils, which are so much lengthened as to necessitate the animal's walking backwards when it feeds.
The skull of the saiga is unique among ruminants, and those who wish to become acquainted with its most minute osteological details should refer to an article on this animal by Dr.
Another approach to the saiga is in the position of the horns, which, though of the same class, are much longer and more attenuated, but the position over the eye and the osseous development of the orbit are the same.
Some of these overflowing animals, like the black and the brown rats, succeeded in establishing themselves very firmly; others, like the saiga antelope, died out rapidly except in the extreme east of the European area.
Front and side views of a saigaantelope carved upon a bone dart-thrower from the Magdalenian deposits of Mas d'Azil.
It would appear that the saiga antelope may have reached eastern Europe in late Solutrean times, for its outline is said to be found in an engraving at Solutre.
Illustration: Saiga tartarica] Sterndale remarks that the inflated nostrils ‘are so much lengthened as to necessitate the animal’s walking backwards when it feeds.
The Horse no longer occurs in Europe in the wild state, and the Saiga Antelope (Saiga tartarica) has retreated to the Steppes of Eastern Europe and Western Siberia.
Some of these, such as the Saiga-Antelope (Saiga tartarica), Fig.
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