Round-tailed muskrat
| 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: | Ondatrini |
| Genus: | Neofiber F. W. True, 1884 |
| Species: | N. alleni
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| Binomial name | |
| Neofiber alleni F. W. True, 1884
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| Geographic range
N.a.alleni
N.a.apalachicolae
N.a.exoristus
N.a.nigrescens
N.a.struix
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The round-tailed muskrat (Neofiber alleni) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae, sometimes called the Florida water rat. The species is the only member of the genus Neofiber that is extant. It is found only in the southeastern United States, where its natural habitat is swamps.