Neofiber alleni

F. W. True, 1884

Round-tailed Muskrat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Myomorphi
Superfamily : Muroidea
Family : Cricetidae
Subfamily : Arvicolinae
Tribe : Ondatrini
Genus : Neofiber

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

True, F.W. 1884-07-11. A muskrat with a round tail. Science (n.s.)4(75):34.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42143758

Original name as described

Neofiber alleni

Type material

USNM:MAMM:14065 (= USNM:MAMM:A21948)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3e99103aa-68eb-463e-8922-87e0362eebb7

Type locality

Georgiana, Brevard County, Florida, USA.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic

Country distribution

United States

Subregion distribution

USA(FL,GA)

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002192

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Neofiber alleni struix

A. Schwartz, 1952

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

struix

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

UMMZ 97732

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

1

Authority publication

Natural History Miscellanea, Chicago Academy of Sciences

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:288) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Neofiber alleni exoristus

A. Schwartz, 1953

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

exoristus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

UMMZ 99028

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

12

Authority publication

Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Neofiber alleni

F. W. True, 1884

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

alleni

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:14065 (= USNM:MAMM:A21948)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3e99103aa-68eb-463e-8922-87e0362eebb7

Authority page

34

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42143758

Authority publication

Science

Name usages

  1. True (1885:596, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306390) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35039)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:161) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:498) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  5. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:274) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  6. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:288) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #14520) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #14520) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002192) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/14520/22356567) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Neofiber alleni nigrescens

A. H. Howell, 1920

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

nigrescens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:228392

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/35178742a-66bf-4caf-bc7c-d3a2245c7cc9

Authority page

79

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52848048

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:288) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Neofiber alleni apalachicolae

A. Schwartz, 1953

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

apalachicolae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:263704

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/37020b15f-f4c6-4d7e-b170-092e5774e690

Authority page

14

Authority publication

Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:288) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Neofiber alleni alleni

D. E. Wilson, Mittermeier, & T. E. Lacher, 2017

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

alleni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

288

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:288) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

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