Blanfordimys Argyropulo 1933
Creators: name: Musser, Guy G.
name: Carleton, Michael D.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1993
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Rodentia
Muridae
Blanfordimys

description: <i>Blanfordimys</i> Argyropulo, 1933. Z. Säugetierk., 8:182. TYPE SPECIES: <i>Microtus bucharicus</i> Vinogradov, 1930. COMMENTS: Originally proposed as a subgenus of <i>Microtus,</i> 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 <i>afghanus,</i> the type-species of <i>Blanfordimys,</i> to the genus <i>Pitymys,</i> and Chaline (1974) placed it in <i>Neodon,</i> subgenus <i>Microtus.</i> Ellerman (1941) considered the diagnostic traits of <i>afghanus</i> so impressive that he recognized the genus, as did Ellerman and Morrison-Scott (1951) and recently Zagorodnyuk (1990). We concur. <i>Blanfordimys</i> 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 <i>Microtus</i> and other genera considered to be closely related to it. Isolating <i>Blanfordimys</i> from <i>Microtus</i> defines an explicit hypothesis of relationships that should be critically tested with morphological, chromosomal, and biochemical data.
description: Published as part of <i>Guy G. Musser &amp; Michael D. Carleton, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Muridae, pp. 501-755 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press</i> on page 506, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353098
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