Mogera palmaris subsp. longus

WHIDDEN, HOWARD P., 2000, Comparative Myology of Moles and the Phylogeny of the Talpidae (Mammalia, Lipotyphla), American Museum Novitates 3294, pp. 1-53 : 30

M. palmaris longus ( fig. 12 )

ORIGIN: From the palmar surface of the medial epicondyle of the humerus.

INSERTION: Via a flat tendon that forks halfway down the forearm, sending one branch to the palmar surface of the os falciforme and the other to the lateral surfaces of the phalanges of digit V.

REMARKS: This muscle has the same general form in Condylura , Desmana , Galemys , Neurotrichus , Parascalops , Scalopus , Scapanus , Scaptonyx , Talpa , and Urotrichus . In Uropsilus , the tendon of this muscle does not fork, but instead extends as a single tendon into the palmar fascia.

Figures

Fig. 12. Ventral view of forearm muscles of Parascalops.