Myogale stylopharyngeus

WHIDDEN, HOWARD P., 2000, Comparative Myology of Moles and the Phylogeny of the Talpidae (Mammalia, Lipotyphla), American Museum Novitates 3294, pp. 1-53 : 15

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.1206/0003-0082(2000)3294<0001:CMOMAT>2.0.CO;2

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Myogale stylopharyngeus
status

 

M. stylopharyngeus

ORIGIN: From the posterior end of the stylohyal cartilage.

INSERTION: The ventral and lateral fibers via a broad fascial sheet on the posterior surface of the ceratohyal cartilage, and the dorsal and medial fibers on the lateral wall and roof of the pharynx.

REMARKS: This muscle has the same general form in the 11 study taxa.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Soricomorpha

Family

Talpidae

Genus

Myogale

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