Neofiber 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

Neofiber True 1884

Neofiber True 1884 , Science, 4: 34.

Type Species: Neofiber alleni True 1884

Synonyms: Schistodelta Cope 1899 .

Species and subspecies: 1 species:

Species Neofiber alleni True 1884

Discussion: Neofibrini. A relictual form once more widespread in the E USA ( Frazier, 1977; Hibbard and Dalquest, 1973). Although sometimes placed with Ondatra in Ondatrini ( Chaline and Mein, 1979; Repenning et al., 1990), various morphological features suggest a more distant relationship ( Carleton, 1981; Hooper and Hart, 1962; Koenigswald, 1980), as does some fossil evidence ( R. A. Martin, 1975; Zakrzewski, 1974). Alternatively, Neofiber either has been cited as Arvicolinae incertae sedis ( Gromov and Polyakov, 1977; Koenigswald, 1980; Kretzoi, 1969) or affiliated with Arvicola and Microtus in a broadly-defined Arvicolini ( Zagorodnyuk, 1990). Also see remarks under Ondatra .