Round-Tailed Muskrat
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| Round-tailed Muskrat Fossil range: Middle Pleistocene - Recent |
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| Neofiber alleni True, 1884 |
The Round-tailed Muskrat (Neofiber alleni) is a species of rodent in the Cricetidae family. It is the only species in the genus Neofiber. It is found only in the United States. Its natural habitat is swamps. It is threatened by habitat loss.
[edit] References
- Kirkland, G.L., Jr. 2000. Neofiber alleni. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.
- Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894-1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
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