Sorex (Sorex) buchariensis Ognev 1922

Sorex (Sorex) buchariensis Ognev 1922, Ann. Mus. Zool. Acad. Sci. St. Petersbourg, 22: 320.

Type Locality: Tajikistan, Pamir Mtns, Davan-su River Valley, "Gornaya Bukhara, drevyaya morena lednika Oshanina, dol. p. Davan-Su (khrebet' Petra Velikavo)" [Montane Bukhara, ancient moraine of Oshanin glacier, Peter the Great range].

Vernacular Names: Buchara Shrew.

Distribution: Pamir Mtns (Tajikistan).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Subgenus Sorex, S. minutus group. Referred to subgenus Eurosorex by Yudin (1989). Considered a subspecies of thibetanus by Dolgov and Hoffmann (1977) and Hoffmann (1987, 1996 a), but retained as a distinct species by Ivanitskaya et al. (1977), Hutterer (1979), Zaitsev (1988), and Yudin (1989). Karyotypes of two specimens from Tajikistan (2n = 40, FN = 60) were similar to that of volnuchini (Ivanitskaya et al., 1977) .