Pitymys afghanus (Thomas, 1912)
- Dataset
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
- Rank
- SPECIES
- Published in
- Thomas (1912): Pitymys afghanus. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8 9
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Chordata
- class
- Mammalia
- order
- Rodentia
- family
- Cricetidae
- genus
- Blanfordimys
- species
- Blanfordimys afghanus
discussion
COMMENT: Subgenus Neodon; see Chaline, 1974; or subgenus Blanfordimys; see Gromov and Polyakov, 1977: 284. Martin, R. A., 1974, in Webb, ed., Pleistocene Mammals of Florida, p. 61, suggested that this species " may eventually " be included in Neodon. Includes bucharicus; see Neithammer, 1970, Bonn. Zool. Beitr., 21: 109 - 115; but also see Gromov and Baranova, 1981: 208, who suggested bucharicus may be a distinct species. Formerly placed in the monotypic genus Blanfordimys; see Corbet, 1978: 106; Gromov and Baranova, 1981: 207, retained Blanfordimys as a subgenus.
distribution
DISTRIBUTION: Mtns, of Afghanistan, S. Turkmenia, and N. E. Iran. Isolated populations in the W. Pamirs and Great Balkhan Mtns. (U. S. S. R.).
materials_examined
TYPE LOCALITY: Afghanistan, Badkhiz, Gulran.
Name
- Homonyms
- Pitymys afghanus (Thomas, 1912)