| Antelope - LoveToKnow 1911 (2973 words) |
 | Its adoption by the languages of Europe cannot apparently be traced farther back than the 4th century of our era, at which date it was employed to designate an imaginary animal living on the banks of the Euphrates. |
| The sheep-like saiga, 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. |
| More or less nearly related to the saiga is the chiru, Pantholops hodgsoni, of Tibet, characterized by the long upright fl horns of the bucks, and the less convex nose, in which the nostrils open anteriorly instead of downwards. |
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