Order Rodentia (Part 4) Author James H. Honacki Author Kenneth E. Kinman Author James W. Koeppl text 1982 Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections Lawrence, Kansas, USA Editor James H. Honacki Editor Kenneth E. Kinman Editor James W. Koeppl Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition) 477 504 book chapter http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7353034 4170533d-8435-4cb4-93df-e7f9489eb798 0-89327-235-3 7353034 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 .