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<emphasis id="BEE0B0625258A56212994BDF9A5ABFCC" italics="true" pageNumber="966">Blanfordimys</emphasis>
Argyropulo 1933
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<emphasis id="55C3FB867E8B9CEF1B56007B19B11412" italics="true" pageNumber="966">Blanfordimys</emphasis>
Argyropulo 1933
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,
<bibCitation id="8A3DB9FA647BE2DBD2B3282421230394" author="Argyropulo" journal="Z. Saugetierk." pageNumber="966" pagination="182" title="Blanfordimys" volume="8" year="1933">Z. Saugetierk., 8: 182</bibCitation>
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.
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<emphasis id="703EA1FB530E4BBD670C64CC0EAF868C" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="966">Type Species:</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="49CFA806FD08889507895B009E36B38C" italics="true" pageNumber="966">Microtus bucharensis</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="CD4DD03E44F2944C35B747293CBC4709" author="Vinogradov, B. S." refId="ref373127" refString="Vinogradov, B. S. 1930. [On the classification of Dipodidae (Rodentia). I. Cranial and dental characters.] Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, 1930: 331 - 350 (in Russian)." year="1930">Vinogradov 1930</bibRefCitation>
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<emphasis id="5EC8D1608CEF8F7DC129B8950AE1909B" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="966">Species and subspecies:</emphasis>
2 species:
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Species
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<emphasis id="B74BE2C021C6F747F6F184A5D4DEFA75" italics="true" pageNumber="966">Blanfordimys afghanus</emphasis>
(Thomas 1912)
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Species
<taxonomicName id="7ED9220AF5D0D0014FDA374EC253A8A8" authority="(Vinogradov 1930)" baseAuthorityName="Vinogradov" baseAuthorityYear="1930" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Blanfordimys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="966" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="bucharensis">
<emphasis id="41E98A468AD6474AF1186B5E424E4F33" italics="true" pageNumber="966">Blanfordimys bucharensis</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="3994C8FA4EA5EE1B42DA625332E654F2" author="Vinogradov, B. S." refId="ref373127" refString="Vinogradov, B. S. 1930. [On the classification of Dipodidae (Rodentia). I. Cranial and dental characters.] Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, 1930: 331 - 350 (in Russian)." year="1930">Vinogradov 1930</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="3ED9F561E67C14B643E88B57C12BDF3C" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="966">Discussion:</emphasis>
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Arvicolini, subtribe
<taxonomicName id="BAA175BEBEE96270FEDEBAD02F5EDA60" authority="(Pavlinov et al., 1995 a)" baseAuthorityName="Pavlinov" baseAuthorityYear="1995" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="subTribe" subTribe="Arvicolina">
Arvicolina (
<bibRefCitation id="3C528F9CB7789240BF3EC3DDE5C0D42B" author="Pavlinov, I. Ya &amp; E. L. Yakhontov &amp; A. K. Agadzhanyan" refId="ref278176" refString="Pavlinov, I. Ya, E. L. Yakhontov, and A. K. Agadzhanyan. 1995 a. [Mammals of Eurasia. I. Rodentia. Taxonomic and geographic guide.] Archives of the Zoological Museum, Moscow State University, 32: 289 pp. (in Russian)." year="1995">
Pavlinov et al., 1995
<emphasis id="0C1BF5BAE11010C4AF142E71C0DDD207" italics="true" pageNumber="966">a</emphasis>
</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
. Originally proposed as a subgenus of
<taxonomicName id="C5EDC196B277C508A60EB3F14B90046D" authorityName="Schrank" authorityYear="1798" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Microtus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="ECFA163460CD08E1DC1A6C94C653324D" italics="true" pageNumber="966">Microtus</emphasis>
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, a ranking traditionally acknowledged by Russian authors (
<bibRefCitation id="1D82F2520360CF158E0246D2033563DF" author="Golenishchev, F. N. &amp; O. V. Sablina" refId="ref122857" refString="Golenishchev, F. N., and O. V. Sablina. 1991. [On taxonomy of Microtus (Blanfordimys) afghanus]. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal, 70: 98 - 110 (in Russian)." year="1991">Golenishchev and Sablina, 1991</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="ADF65CC4D39F112C397D370124FF2B85" author="Gromov, I. M. &amp; M. A. Erbajeva" refId="ref130294" refString="Gromov, I. M., and M. A. Erbajeva. 1995. [The mammals of Russia and adjacent territories. Lagomorphs and Rodents.] Russian Academy of Sciences, Zoological Institut, St. Petersburg, 520 pp." year="1995">Gromov and Erbajeva, 1995</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="AF9477B1C172B845AE4CCD92BB32BF86" author="Gromov, I. M. &amp; I. Ya. Polyakov" refId="ref130339" refString="Gromov, I. M., and I. Ya. Polyakov. 1977. Fauna SSSR, Mlekopitayushchie, tom 3, vyp. 8 [Fauna of the USSR, vol. 3, pt. 8, Mammals]. Polevki [Voles (Microtinae)]. Nauka, Moscow-Leningrad, 504 pp. (in Russian)." year="1977">Gromov and Polyakov, 1977</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="5BE3DEEC942A6F9C9448C17CF5290A0C" author="Ognev, S. I." refId="ref265006" refString="Ognev, S. I. 1964. Mammals of the USSR and adjacent countries: Rodents (continued). (Mammals of eastern Europe and northern Asia) [A translation of S. I. Ognev, 1950, Zveri SSSR i prilezhashchikh stran: Gryzuny (prodolzhenie). (Zveri vostochnoi Evropy i severnoi Azii)]. Israel Program for Scientific Translations, Jerusalem, 7: 1 - 626." year="1964">Ognev, 1964</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="C12B1496A04F237EF0E057716EBBB791" author="Pavlinov, I. Ya. &amp; O. L. Rossolimo" refId="ref277815" refString="Pavlinov, I. Ya., and O. L. Rossolimo. 1987. Sistematika mlekopitayushchikh SSSR [Systematics of the mammals of the USSR.]. Moscow University Press, Moscow, 282 pp. (in Russian)." year="1987">Pavlinov and Rossolimo, 1987</bibRefCitation>
). In other taxonomic variations,
<bibRefCitation id="A6CD0BC06FB63367FA7D83F39D934007" author="Corbet, G. B." refId="ref67548" refString="Corbet, G. B. 1978 c. The mammals of the Palaearctic region: A taxonomic review. British Museum (Natural History), London, 314 pp." year="1978">
Corbet (1978
<emphasis id="6ADE8997D02735F33DF23A2FAA05C4BA" italics="true" pageNumber="966">c</emphasis>
)
</bibRefCitation>
assigned
<taxonomicName id="DC46C7501BF9D4B6E071E4A4ACA91404" baseAuthorityName="Thomas" baseAuthorityYear="1912" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Blanfordimys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="afghanus">
<emphasis id="45F0D1CC27C56AC70D1D3B11AF8A649E" italics="true" pageNumber="966">afghanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="A56AA84B6336FD8DB2BA5E20C2C254E0" baseAuthorityName="Vinogradov" baseAuthorityYear="1930" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Blanfordimys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="bucharensis">
<emphasis id="8056DCDEC421390D5343FAFF981D2D89" italics="true" pageNumber="966">bucharensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, the type-species of
<taxonomicName id="482D0684E5DDB8A3C71AD7F7553E4E1C" authorityName="Argyropulo" authorityYear="1933" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Blanfordimys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="F75CCE19D1E06E171363542AAE7555AF" italics="true" pageNumber="966">Blanfordimys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, to the genus
<taxonomicName id="EBA152E299429AE4A5D6DCEA753CE56B" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Pitymys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="265AF55D7FF89DDE71519F74817D6556" italics="true" pageNumber="966">Pitymys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
<bibRefCitation id="699CFFE62C9E6D1D88F181B6B91326B8" author="Chaline, J." refId="ref56673" refString="Chaline, J. 1974. Esquisse de l'evolution morphologique, biometrique et chromosomique du genre Microtus (Arvicolidae, Rodentia) dans le Pleistocene de l'hemisphere nord. Bulletin de la Societe de Geologie France, ser. 7, 14: 440 - 450." year="1974">Chaline (1974)</bibRefCitation>
placed it in
<taxonomicName id="3EC45F07E9221196761A757B36EED1C6" authorityName="Horsfield" authorityYear="1841" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Neodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="D7833787B13E521C4FECF5F7BF9886E7" italics="true" pageNumber="966">Neodon</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, subgenus
<taxonomicName id="BCD2B944F5B04F8847915C8CD4CDAF97" authorityName="Schrank" authorityYear="1798" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Microtus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="FF53DE35B94478E099CE72AF5A7CC471" italics="true" pageNumber="966">Microtus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
<bibRefCitation id="C93ED1E1AC45B28D5B0DB5881D217439" author="Ellerman, J. R." refId="ref92857" refString="Ellerman, J. R. 1941. The families and genera of living rodents. Vol. II. Family Muridae. British Museum (Natural History), London, 690 pp." year="1941">Ellerman (1941</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="F004CE445F8FE9537DEAD848F6BDBEF9" author="Ellerman, J. R." refId="ref92973" refString="Ellerman, J. R. 1948. Key to the rodents of south-west Asia in the British Museum collection. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 118 (Part III): 765 - 816." year="1948">1948</bibRefCitation>
) considered the diagnostic traits of
<taxonomicName id="2E970525E812F9C62E8E8F96FEBECECF" baseAuthorityName="Thomas" baseAuthorityYear="1912" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Blanfordimys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="afghanus">
<emphasis id="3F56A02E8AA41AFA6C54B23759E908CA" italics="true" pageNumber="966">afghanus</emphasis>
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so impressive that he recognized the genus, an appreciation shared by many others (Ellerman and Morrison- Scott, 1951;
<bibRefCitation id="16A7944EE2A4F8357E8326CC5F505067" author="Musser, G. G. &amp; M. D. Carleton" refId="ref252333" refString="Musser, G. G., and M. D. Carleton. 1993. Family Muridae. Pp. 501 - 755, in: Mammal species of the world, a taxonomic and geographic reference, Second ed. (D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder, eds.). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D. C., xviii + 1206 pp." year="1993">Musser and Carleton, 1993</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="05DACFD35EA02406B298C69AE9FB15A2" author="Pavlinov, I. Ya. &amp; O. L. Rossolimo" refId="ref277859" refString="Pavlinov, I. Ya., and O. L. Rossolimo. 1998. [Systematics of mammals of the USSR. Addenda. M.] Archives of the Zoological Museum, Moscow State University, 38: 190 pp. (in Russian)." year="1998">Pavlinov and Rossolimo, 1998</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="5FB39BCA72C112AED215A5E70C6A142E" author="Pavlinov, I. Ya &amp; E. L. Yakhontov &amp; A. K. Agadzhanyan" refId="ref278176" refString="Pavlinov, I. Ya, E. L. Yakhontov, and A. K. Agadzhanyan. 1995 a. [Mammals of Eurasia. I. Rodentia. Taxonomic and geographic guide.] Archives of the Zoological Museum, Moscow State University, 32: 289 pp. (in Russian)." year="1995">
Pavlinov et al., 1995
<emphasis id="9565B7319F2137FEA93EC5FF89B8A39F" italics="true" pageNumber="966">a</emphasis>
</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="0B41AE73E4B418454E5ADC4ABAED0C33" author="Zagorodnyuk, I. V." refId="ref402957" refString="Zagorodnyuk, I. V. 1990. Kariotipicheskaya izmenchivost' i sistematika serykh polevok (Rodentia, Arvicolini). Soobshchenie 1. Vidovoi sostav i khromosomnye chisla [Karyotypic variability and systematics of the gray voles (Rodentia, Arvicolini). Communication 1. Species composition and chromosomal numbers]. Vestnik Zoologii, 2: 26 - 37 (in Russian)." year="1990">Zagorodnyuk, 1990</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8CA4030ACC36E2E2075A6F687E07E108" pageNumber="966">
<taxonomicName id="B8DACA34D7EC1615EC83B6291DFDA961" authorityName="Argyropulo" authorityYear="1933" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Blanfordimys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="DDDF8D1428FC5F6796DDBEAF3E84FE85" italics="true" pageNumber="966">Blanfordimys</emphasis>
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is emphasized as
<taxonomicName id="7E7271B1E084F7A5D507F75691DAEC68" authorityName="Kormos" authorityYear="1933" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Allophaiomys" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="CD083AA1248E0DCAD26F209348176872" italics="true" pageNumber="966">Allophaiomys</emphasis>
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like in retaining certain primitive traits, notably the simple M3 and m1 patterns and a high diploid number (
<bibRefCitation id="54E2E32CE9D637935133F8F205D5CB2C" author="Nadachowski, A. &amp; I. Zagorodnyuk" refId="ref254630" refString="Nadachowski, A., and I. Zagorodnyuk. 1996. Recent Allophaiomys-like species in the Palaearctic: Pleistocene relicts or a return to an initial type. Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia, 39 (1): 387 - 394." year="1996">Nadachowski and Zagorodnyuk, 1996</bibRefCitation>
).
<taxonomicName id="40095C2822E61859B3F6CAD9C51E535C" authorityName="Kormos" authorityYear="1933" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Allophaiomys" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B9F31FDAEE3E677AC20E7D147A75B45A" italics="true" pageNumber="966">Allophaiomys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is a late Pliocene-Pleistocene complex thought to be ancestral to
<taxonomicName id="188CBF8BA1F7AA07A2654812200BF3A6" authorityName="Schrank" authorityYear="1798" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Microtus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="4AA2B01D5B462CC5694148CFF54A3DB4" italics="true" pageNumber="966">Microtus</emphasis>
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and closely related genera (
<bibRefCitation id="5628517375A06C4F1153BA78845A7315" author="Chaline, J. &amp; P. Brunet-Lecomte &amp; S. Montuire &amp; L. Viriot &amp; F. Courant" refId="ref57204" refString="Chaline, J., P. Brunet-Lecomte, S. Montuire, L. Viriot, and F. Courant. 1999. Anatomy of the arvicoline radiation (Rodentia): Palaeogeographical, palaeoecological history and evolutionary data. Annales Zoologici Fennici, 36: 239 - 267." year="1999">Chaline et al., 1999</bibRefCitation>
;
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. A. Martin, 1995;
<bibRefCitation id="0065E3AE9B876AFA369E6383DF8EA381" author="Repenning, C. A." refId="ref302001" refString="Repenning, C. A. 1992. Allophaiomys and the age of the Olyor Suite, Krestovka Sections, Yakutia. U. S. Geological Survey Bulletin 2037, 98 pp." year="1992">Repenning, 1992</bibRefCitation>
). These primitive features, coupled with their localized ranges along the southern margin of the Palearctic arvicoline distribution, suggest that the species are Pleistocene relicts.
<bibRefCitation id="B5264BB2BD10FF2F5CA33ECFDE190321" author="Zagorodnyuk, I. V." refId="ref403264" refString="Zagorodnyuk, I. V. 1992 c. [Karyotypic variability and systematics of the Arvicolini (Rodentia). Communication 2. Correlation pattern of chromosomal numbers.] Vestnik Zoologi, 1992 (5): 36 - 45 (in Russian with English abstract)." year="1992">
Zagorodnyuk (1992
<emphasis id="4DAAFBEC87E228C4B64B51BFDF19A3F2" italics="true" pageNumber="966">c</emphasis>
)
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even treated
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<emphasis id="F39147DF8BD79DEB6C509F718DFCA9EF" italics="true" pageNumber="966">afghanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="C0DE670AEE2AD07CBC9878BE00AA2E5A" baseAuthorityName="Vinogradov" baseAuthorityYear="1930" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Blanfordimys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="bucharensis">
<emphasis id="46268B4CBCED83100E9DF5F090CF2020" italics="true" pageNumber="966">bucharensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as species of
<taxonomicName id="79DC4B530BF525F4034288DC9BB1A6C3" authorityName="Kormos" authorityYear="1933" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Allophaiomys" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="D534D07D23E235D0A78869F8A588941E" italics="true" pageNumber="966">Allophaiomys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
because the karyotype of
<taxonomicName id="D1F5325ED9591FF325EB2A0A0C9DBF7C" baseAuthorityName="Thomas" baseAuthorityYear="1912" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Blanfordimys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="afghanus">
<emphasis id="681D03B0FAC62C906195FC38BFC17963" italics="true" pageNumber="966">afghanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(2n = 58) resembles that (2n = 62) hypothesized as &quot;one of the first steps in the karyotype differentiation of Arvicolini&quot; (
<bibRefCitation id="B03D4626EED896BB5E00EC71E7C621A3" author="Nadachowski, A. &amp; I. Zagorodnyuk" refId="ref254630" refString="Nadachowski, A., and I. Zagorodnyuk. 1996. Recent Allophaiomys-like species in the Palaearctic: Pleistocene relicts or a return to an initial type. Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia, 39 (1): 387 - 394." year="1996">Nadachowski and Zagorodnyuk, 1996:390</bibRefCitation>
). Although the molars of
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<emphasis id="2428793D45E17F9B4DD860AAE0AD6055" italics="true" pageNumber="966">bucharensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="25A2ABDF911E1747626170D3E97591A7" authorityName="Kormos" authorityYear="1933" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Allophaiomys" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="FFA05695DA79D6135EC6EE4FA80499F5" italics="true" pageNumber="966">Allophaiomys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are similar, those of
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<emphasis id="8A101500713460A592D732DE33A457D3" italics="true" pageNumber="966">afghanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are more elaborate, approaching the morphology of some
<taxonomicName id="E8F52F375E7E156CCB5EBFC339030322" authorityName="Horsfield" authorityYear="1841" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Neodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="0A278843B3D6115486CCCD1D19E0F11D" italics="true" pageNumber="966">Neodon</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(see that account). In other Holarctic regions,
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<emphasis id="B2242EA0909A2CB22B63000808D676E2" italics="true" pageNumber="966">Allophaiomys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is thought to have evolved into various subgenera of
<taxonomicName id="DCE4232D76C66A62D35A12F994330849" authorityName="Schrank" authorityYear="1798" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Microtus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="33D612C87F79A66026CFE7FADB332AE4" italics="true" pageNumber="966">Microtus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, either directly into Nearctic
<taxonomicName id="2C6D38C910BD68AF272C11670E6E0A06" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Pitymys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="4D7A33C4D00577BD7E4B5A6EC138BD96" italics="true" pageNumber="966">Pitymys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and Palearctic
<taxonomicName id="D803D7591DE51289CDFDE3C30E78A40A" authorityName="Fatio" authorityYear="1867" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Microtus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="subGenus" subGenus="Terricola">
<emphasis id="011539E288B84504808B401F73007116" italics="true" pageNumber="966">Terricola</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
or through a morphologically intermediate stage resembling
<taxonomicName id="AD6FC2411506486E5D17942DD3F0BFBF" authorityName="Lataste" authorityYear="1887" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Lasiopodomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="08193B28DADD32568DF8A8923F436053" italics="true" pageNumber="966">Lasiopodomys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<bibRefCitation id="A71C5935B9D554EBF7A1C13E161F0AFC" author="Chaline, J. &amp; P. Brunet-Lecomte &amp; S. Montuire &amp; L. Viriot &amp; F. Courant" refId="ref57204" refString="Chaline, J., P. Brunet-Lecomte, S. Montuire, L. Viriot, and F. Courant. 1999. Anatomy of the arvicoline radiation (Rodentia): Palaeogeographical, palaeoecological history and evolutionary data. Annales Zoologici Fennici, 36: 239 - 267." year="1999">Chaline et al., 1999</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="E9A19E3720103EC87F0AD8CB8D9E2E7F" author="Repenning, C. A." refId="ref302001" refString="Repenning, C. A. 1992. Allophaiomys and the age of the Olyor Suite, Krestovka Sections, Yakutia. U. S. Geological Survey Bulletin 2037, 98 pp." year="1992">Repenning, 1992</bibRefCitation>
); however,
<bibRefCitation id="009DB1359698AE49DB1E796809316D4A" author="Nadachowski, A. &amp; I. Zagorodnyuk" refId="ref254630" refString="Nadachowski, A., and I. Zagorodnyuk. 1996. Recent Allophaiomys-like species in the Palaearctic: Pleistocene relicts or a return to an initial type. Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia, 39 (1): 387 - 394." year="1996">Nadachowski and Zagorodnyuk (1996)</bibRefCitation>
postulated a slower evolutionary rate in S Asia, those populations surviving as
<taxonomicName id="B5667158C9A4FC56EBABDBA7FCCE756E" authorityName="Argyropulo" authorityYear="1933" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Blanfordimys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="BD6074E5B070BF5E47E1ED4D301D3298" italics="true" pageNumber="966">Blanfordimys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and other
<emphasis id="27D42B57639CDD9AE422FA556D9C7536" italics="true" pageNumber="966">
<taxonomicName id="DF302D38215CB50CC8E0BF2DFE0A007D" authorityName="Kormos" authorityYear="1933" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Allophaiomys" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Allophaiomys</taxonomicName>
&gt;
</emphasis>
like forms (also see
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<emphasis id="0860538B41B63A76DEE638A87C0CAE14" italics="true" pageNumber="966">Neodon</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="005889BD3F6C4F62C07F4486D501407D" authorityName="Blyth" authorityYear="1863" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Phaiomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="CDE146DC15D5E3B7087DA6CEF258FB43" italics="true" pageNumber="966">Phaiomys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="1A4B82C3997101F2F97762C4CAECBCF6" pageNumber="966">
<taxonomicName id="FAFFB412B376FFF17FA315EC55097482" authorityName="Argyropulo" authorityYear="1933" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Blanfordimys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="143762E2539E62094B7447CC7FE6586F" italics="true" pageNumber="966">Blanfordimys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has inflated auditory bullae and mastoid regions, the latter so enlarged that they nearly project beyond the occipital condyles and believed to be a derived configuration that occurs in no other arvicoline (
<bibRefCitation id="3EA8947C78793F9FAB18110138113CFA" author="Gromov, I. M. &amp; I. Ya. Polyakov" refId="ref130339" refString="Gromov, I. M., and I. Ya. Polyakov. 1977. Fauna SSSR, Mlekopitayushchie, tom 3, vyp. 8 [Fauna of the USSR, vol. 3, pt. 8, Mammals]. Polevki [Voles (Microtinae)]. Nauka, Moscow-Leningrad, 504 pp. (in Russian)." year="1977">Gromov and Polyakov, 1977</bibRefCitation>
; however,
<taxonomicName id="F38AA1192703B1DA65FB8E96D0DDA133" authorityName="Ognev and Heptner" authorityYear="1928" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Microtus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="paradoxus">
<emphasis id="187FD66921D5EBDD915949E9B99A9BC1" italics="true" pageNumber="966">Microtus paradoxus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
exhibits comparable bullar and mastoidal inflation). The combination of derived (bullar and mastoid inflation) and primitive (M3 and m1 patterns) traits separates
<taxonomicName id="EC3270CD05B123DB91E4E79633916FC6" authorityName="Argyropulo" authorityYear="1933" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Blanfordimys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="7FB24D4F5F5DF1CAEDE5E816749DAB80" italics="true" pageNumber="966">Blanfordimys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from
<taxonomicName id="AE56F2B42DB8EFE9C97D257454EF316D" authorityName="Horsfield" authorityYear="1841" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Neodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="136D7CFB62C1797E53CF65852AEFACB5" italics="true" pageNumber="966">Neodon</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, to which it is otherwise closely similar in molar patterns (especially
<taxonomicName id="DFAEED57F17750840AC17ED1300641E9" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1911" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Neodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="irene">
<emphasis id="7FFB2750D2F53C56EEE0795CB9EE8EBB" italics="true" pageNumber="966">N. irene</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="E5E3411FDC3629DDDA903AA99D2799C5" authorityName="Severtzov" authorityYear="1879" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Neodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="juldaschi">
<emphasis id="86BCC23E28012248F1C1CBDC752671CB" italics="true" pageNumber="966">N. juldaschi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
); from
<taxonomicName id="3CF663A0604C438FB1AE1CB45B66DA67" authorityName="Blyth" authorityYear="1863" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Phaiomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="leucurus">
<emphasis id="F630B952856268020869E6D914392869" italics="true" pageNumber="966">Phaiomys leucurus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(also differing by its less robust cranium, longer incisive foramina, and greater variation and more elaborate configuration in M3 and m1 patterns); and from
<taxonomicName id="1AE086FF5A67F3F1833F0DECF1DD4F9F" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1911" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Proedromys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="74B805D4FE7975D8FB5E36E5F0613AFE" italics="true" pageNumber="966">Proedromys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="5AF751B4440AC9AFD62BC0B63AAEACC8" authorityName="Lataste" authorityYear="1887" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Lasiopodomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="FB54057C3FADAA89A44159AE544BA633" italics="true" pageNumber="966">Lasiopodomys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and subgenera of
<taxonomicName id="B81EDA0C757AE93FBC11B87253DC315B" authorityName="Schrank" authorityYear="1798" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Microtus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="7602CACD892A021330483D59775845F8" italics="true" pageNumber="966">Microtus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(including
<taxonomicName id="5F2182E8BD00EB8788571DFEC992C8C2" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Pitymys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="5F809D94E24A8E0CD1B183EA1B778048" italics="true" pageNumber="966">Pitymys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="5E40C36ACFD1D177D1BC03D04946D19D" authorityName="Fatio" authorityYear="1867" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Microtus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="subGenus" subGenus="Terricola">
<emphasis id="568605276F262A456D4134FBAB274BFF" italics="true" pageNumber="966">Terricola</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
). Generic isolation of
<taxonomicName id="AF07CB9E834FA70FA84C26B9643D44D8" authorityName="Argyropulo" authorityYear="1933" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Blanfordimys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="9ADB8159DBD9B5A2855D0751235B2166" italics="true" pageNumber="966">Blanfordimys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
defines an explicit kinship hypothesis relative to
<taxonomicName id="4AEAE7318D045038FA09E0AF2527C504" authorityName="Schrank" authorityYear="1798" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Microtus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="18B30A43E3635C68A05C73150B44BB46" italics="true" pageNumber="966">Microtus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and those other genera that should be critically tested with molecular data and an array of morphological traits, not solely molar occlusal patterns. Except for the allozymic survey of
<bibRefCitation id="F818319E50EBD92A8BA460CECC39CCAF" author="Mezhzherin, S. V. &amp; A. E. Zykov &amp; S. Yu. Morozov-Leonov" refId="ref240119" refString="Mezhzherin, S. V., A. E. Zykov, and S. Yu. Morozov-Leonov. 1993. [Biochemical variation and genetic divergence of Palearctic voles (Arvicolidae). Meadow voles, Microtus Schrank, 1798, snow voles, Chionomys Miller, 1908, water voles, Arvicola Lacepede, 1799.] Genetika, 29 (1): 28 - 41 (in Russian with English summary)." year="1993">Mezhzherin et al. (1993)</bibRefCitation>
, which nested
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<emphasis id="29558A54124E2E85AC104CC83A46D0A8" italics="true" pageNumber="966">afghanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
among the 10 species of
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<emphasis id="77F3C94F076F51726CB0E02232951889" italics="true" pageNumber="966">Microtus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sampled, other multi-character and multi-specific inquiries are unavailable
</paragraph>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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