Mogera gluteus subsp. medius

WHIDDEN, HOWARD P., 2000, Comparative Myology of Moles and the Phylogeny of the Talpidae (Mammalia, Lipotyphla), American Museum Novitates 3294, pp. 1-53 : 35

M. gluteus medius ( figs. 14 and 15 )

ORIGIN: From the iliac crest, from the dorsolateral surface of the ilium, and from the sacral spine of the first four sacral vertebrae.

INSERTION: On the greater trochanter of the femur.

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

Figures

Fig. 14. Lateral view of pelvic limb muscles of Parascalops.

Fig. 15. Lateral view of pelvic limb muscles of Parascalops, superficial muscles removed.