Myogale psoas subsp. minor

WHIDDEN, HOWARD P., 2000, Comparative Myology of Moles and the Phylogeny of the Talpidae (Mammalia, Lipotyphla), American Museum Novitates 3294, pp. 1-53 : 19

M. psoas minor

ORIGIN: From the ventrolateral margins of the second through the fourth lumbar vertebrae.

INSERTION: Via a long tendon on the iliopectineal process of the pelvic girdle.

REMARKS: This muscle has the same general form in Condylura , Neurotrichus , Parascalops , Scalopus , Scapanus , and Talpa . In Scalopus and Scapanus , there are only five lumbar vertebrae, and this muscle originates from the first three. In Neurotrichus , this muscle originates only from the second and third lumbar vertebrae. Reed (1951) reported that this muscle originates only from the second vertebra in Neurotrichus .

Lateral Cervical Group