Pitymys afghanus (Thomas, 1912)

James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Rodentia (Part 4), Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA: Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections, pp. 477-504 : 499

Pitymys afghanus (Thomas, 1912) . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, 9: 349.

TYPE LOCALITY: Afghanistan, Badkhiz, Gulran .

DISTRIBUTION: Mtns, of Afghanistan, S. Turkmenia, and N.E. Iran. Isolated populations in the W. Pamirs and Great Balkhan Mtns. ( U.S. S.R.).

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.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301410008071001001 as Blanfordimys afghanus .