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Henry Baker Tristram (1867) proposed that the pygarg was the Saharan antelope addax and described it as "a large animal, over high at the shoulder, and, with its gently-twisted horns, feet long. Its colour is pure white, with the exception of a short black mane, and a tinge of tawny on the shoulders and back".Henry Baker Tristram, The Natural History of the Bible (1867).
Outside the biblical use, the term was also applied to the Siberian roe deer in the 18th century, whose specific name is in scientific Latin. This deer, like other roe deer, has a white rump, which is consistent with the Septuagint translation while the addax is all-white during the summer (rather than just having a white rump).
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