Ondatra Link, 1795 . Beytr. Naturg., 1 (2):76.

REVIEWED BY: M. Andera (MA); M. S. Boyce (MSB); R. Guenzel (RG); J. Ramirez-Pulido (JRP); G. Urbano-V. (GUV).

COMMENT: Revised by Hollister, 1911, N. Am. Fauna, 32. Chaline and Mein, 1979, and Kretzoi, 1969, Vert. Hungar. (Budapest), 11: 155-193, placed this genus and Neofiber in the tribe Ondatrini, as does CAR; however, WVK places them in separate tribes or subfamilies based on differences in the fossil history and the pattern of enamel on the molars; see Koenigswald, 1980, Abh. Senckenb. Naturforsch. Ges., 539. Martin, L. D., 1975, in Smith and Friedland, eds., Studies on the Cenozoic Paleontology and Stratigraphy, p. 109, and Martin, L. D„ 1979, Trans. Nebr. Acad. Sci., 7:91 -100, also placed Neofiber far from Ondatra, and considered Ondatra an endemic North American arvicolid not closely related to any European form.

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