Blanfordimys Argyropulo, 1933

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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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7282727

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Blanfordimys Argyropulo, 1933
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Blanfordimys Argyropulo, 1933 . Z. Säugetierk., 8:182.

TYPE SPECIES: Microtus bucharicus Vinogradov, 1930 .

COMMENTS: Originally proposed as a subgenus of Microtus , a ranking traditionally acknowledged by Russian authors ( Golenishchev and Sablina, 1991; Gromov and Polyakov, 1977; Ognev, 1964; Pavlinov and Rossolimo, 1987). In other taxonomic variations, Corbet (1978c) assigned afghanus , the type-species of Blanfordimys , to the genus Pitymys , and Chaline (1974) placed it in Neodon , subgenus Microtus . Ellerman (1941) considered the diagnostic traits of afghanus so impressive that he recognized the genus, as did Ellerman and Morrison-Scott (1951) and recently Zagorodnyuk (1990). We concur. Blanfordimys is defined by derived features that set it apart from other voles. Furthermore, the significance of these features has never been adequately assessed in the context of a careful phylogenetic study involving the many subgenera now included in Microtus and other genera considered to be closely related to it. Isolating Blanfordimys from Microtus defines an explicit hypothesis of relationships that should be critically tested with morphological, chromosomal, and biochemical data.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Rodentia

Family

Muridae

Loc

Blanfordimys Argyropulo, 1933

Guy G. Musser & Michael D. Carleton 1993
1993
Loc

Blanfordimys

Argyropulo 1933: 182
1933
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