Blanfordimys bucharicus (Vinogradov, 1930)

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

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scientific name	Blanfordimys bucharicus (Vinogradov, 1930)
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Blanfordimys bucharicus (Vinogradov, 1930) . Rukovodstvok opredeleniyu gryzunov Srednei Azii [Key to Determine Rodents of Central Asia], p. 45.

TYPE LOCALITY: Tadzhikistan, Zeravshan Range, 8 km S Pendzhikent, near village of Zivan, 2200 m .

DISTRIBUTION: Mtns of SW Tadzhikistan, possibly N Afghanistan; limits unresolved.

SYNONYMS: davydovi.

COMMENTS: Usually included in afghanus ( Corbet, 1978c; Ellerman and Morrison-Scott, 1951; Ognev, 1964; Pavlinov and Rossolimo, 1987), but morphometric and karyologic analyses indicate that bucharicus is a separate species with two distinct geographic components, one newly described as the subspecies davydovi ( Golenishchev and Sablina, 1991).