Round-tailed Muskrat Temporal range: Middle Pleistocene - Recent |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Cricetidae |
Subfamily: | Arvicolinae |
Tribe: | Neofibrini |
Genus: | Neofiber True, 1884 |
Species: | N. alleni |
Binomial name | |
Neofiber alleni True, 1884 |
The Round-tailed Muskrat (Neofiber alleni) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae, sometimes called the Florida water rat.[2] It is the only species in the genus Neofiber. It is found only in the southeastern United States. Its natural habitat is swamps. It is threatened by habitat loss.