Authority citation: Виноградов Б. С. 1930. Руководство по определению грызунов Средней Азии. Самарканд. стр. 45 рис. 63.|Vinogradov B.S. 1930. A guide to the definition of rodents of Central Asia. Samarkand, 1–50
Original name as described: Microtus (Phaiomys) bucharensis
Nominal names: bucharensis Vinogradov, 1930 | bucharicus Vinogradov, 1931 [incorrect subsequent spelling] | davydovi Golenishchev & Sablina, 1991
Taxonomy
Subclass: Theria -- Infraclass: Placentalia -- Order: Rodentia -- Family: Cricetidae -- Subfamily: Arvicolinae -- Tribe: Microtini
Type specimen voucher catalogue number: ZIN S. 20311
Type locality: near village of Zivan, 8 km S Pendzhikent, Zeravshan Range, Sughd Region, Tajikistan.
Country distribution (coarse map shown below; most species exist in only part of countries): Uzbekistan (UZB) | Turkmenistan (TKM) | Tajikistan (TJK)
Species Status: This species is currently living, it lives in wild habitats, its taxonomic status is currently accepted, and it is listed in MSW3 2005.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species status: Least concern
Species-specific notes: moved from Blanfordimys to Microtus
Citation: Liu, S., Jin, W., Liu, Y., Murphy, R. W., Lv, B., Hao, H., ... & Fu, J. (2016). Taxonomic position of Chinese voles of the tribe Arvicolini and the description of 2 new species from Xizang, China. Journal of Mammalogy, gyw170.
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