Meanings
alternative dzeren
- The Mongolian gazelle, Procapra gutturosa.
1993, Lauren S. Bahr, Bernard Johnston, Goat Gazelle, entry in Collier's Encyclopedia, Volume 2, page 285, There are two species of goat gazelles: the goa, or Tibetan, gazelle, Procapra picticandata, and the zeren, or Mongolian, gazelle, P. gutturosa.
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Only one is strictly Asiatic, Procapra (2), of which one species, P. gutturosa, the zeren, is the type host of Pallas' (1777) Lipoptena antilopes, a ked not seen again for the past 150 years.
1953, Brooklyn Entomological Society, Entomologica Americana, volumes 32-33, page 291Saigas share part of their home range with the zeren (Procapra gutturosa). These Mongolian antelopes lack the distended nose that characterizes the saiga, but males do develop a similarly curious enlarged throat sac during the mating season.
2010, Paula Hammond, The Atlas of Endangered Animals: Wildlife Under Threat Around the World, page 195
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Origin
- Russianдзерен
- Englishzeren
From Russian дзерен (dzeren), from Mongolian зээр (zeer).
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