Neofiber alleni True 1884

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Cricetidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 955-1189 : 1033

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scientific name	Neofiber alleni True 1884
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Neofiber alleni True 1884 , Science, 4: 34.

Type Locality: USA, Florida, Brevard Co., Georgiana.

Vernacular Names: Round-tailed Muskrat.

Synonyms: Neofiber apalachicolae Schwartz 1953 ; Neofiber exoristus Schwartz 1953 ; Neofiber nigrescens A. H. Howell 1920 ; Neofiber struix Schwartz 1952 .

Distribution: Most of peninsular Florida, extralimitally in extreme SE Georgia and Florida panhandle, USA.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (nt).

Discussion: Geographic races initially delimited by Schwartz (1953), but Whitaker and Hamilton (1998) recommended nigrescens and struix as synonyms of N. a. alleni . See Birkenholz (1972, Mammalian Species, 15).