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--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Cricetidae
--> SUBFAMILY Arvicolinae
GENUS Neofiber
| Author: | True, 1884. | | Citation: | Science, 4: 34. | | Type Species: | Neofiber alleni True, 1884. | | Comments: | 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. |
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