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).