Neofiber alleni True 1884

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).