Myogale psoas subsp. major

WHIDDEN, HOWARD P., 2000, Comparative Myology of Moles and the Phylogeny of the Talpidae (Mammalia, Lipotyphla), American Museum Novitates 3294, pp. 1-53 : 33

M. psoas major

ORIGIN: From the ventral surfaces of the last three or four lumbar and the first sacral vertebrae, and from the tendon of M. psoas minor .

INSERTION: On the lesser trochanter of the femur.

REMARKS: This muscle has the same general form in Condylura , Galemys , Neurotrichus , Parascalops , Scalopus , Scapanus , Scaptonyx , Talpa , and Uropsilus .