Mogera flexor subsp. carpi

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. flexor carpi ulnaris ( fig. 12 )

ORIGIN: From the palmar surface of the posterior crest and the adjacent distal surface of the proximal crest of the olecranon process of the ulna.

INSERTION: Via a long tendon on the pisiform bone.

REMARKS: This muscle has the same general form in Parascalops , Scalopus , Scapanus , and Talpa . Condylura , Desmana , Galemys , Neurotrichus , Scaptonyx , Uropsilus , and Urotrichus have a second head of origin from the medial epicondyle of the humerus.

Figures

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