Round-tailed Muskrat

Neofiber alleni

The Round-tailed Muskrat is a smaller, round-tailed relative of the common muskrat found only in Florida and extreme southeastern Georgia. Unlike the common muskrat, it builds small, grass-thatched houses just above the waterline rather than dome-shaped cattail lodges. It is closely associated with maidencane grass flats and wet prairies unique to the Florida peninsula.

Habitat

Florida wet prairies, maidencane marshes, and lake margins

Diet

Grasses, sedges, and aquatic vegetation

How common

Uncommon

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