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.