Blanfordimys afghanus (Thomas, 1912)

Guy G. Musser & Michael D. Carleton, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Muridae, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 501-755 : 506

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.7353098
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7282729
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D087AE-FFF3-FFBE-FEE3-0D45F969F817
treatment provided by	GgServerImporter
scientific name	Blanfordimys afghanus (Thomas, 1912)
status

Treatment

Blanfordimys afghanus (Thomas, 1912) . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, 9:349.

TYPE LOCALITY: Afghanistan, Badkhiz, Gulran .

DISTRIBUTION: Recorded from high steppes and semi-desert in S Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tadzhikistan, and Afghanistan; isolated population in Great Balkhan Mtns on E coast of Caspian Sea (see Golenishchev and Sablina, 1991; Hassinger, 1973; Niethammer, 1970).

SYNONYMS: balchanensis, dangarinensis.

COMMENTS: Taxonomy and distribution of Afghanistan populations reported by Niethammer (1970) and Hassinger (1973); morphometric and karyological analyses provided by Golenishchev and Sablina (1991), who recognized three subspecies.