Round-Tailed Muskrat
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| Round-tailed Muskrat Fossil range: Middle Pleistocene - Recent |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Subfamily: | Arvicolinae |
| Tribe: | Neofibrini |
| Genus: | Neofiber True, 1884 |
| Species: | N. alleni |
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| Neofiber alleni True, 1884 |
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The Round-tailed Muskrat (Neofiber alleni) is a species of rodent in the Cricetidae family, sometimes called the Florida water rat.[2] 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
- ^ Linzey, A.V. & NatureServe (Jackson, D.R., Bergstrom, B. & Hammerson, G.) (2008). Neofiber alleni. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 10 Jule 2009. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of least concern.
- ^ "Florida water rat", Encyclopedia Brittanica online, retrieved August 14, 2008
[edit] Sources
- 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.
- Round-tailed muskrat, Field Guide to the Rare Animals of Florida
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