Mogera peroneus 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 : 37

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

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scientific name

Mogera peroneus subsp. longus
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M. peroneus longus ( fig. 17 View Fig )

ORIGIN: A superficial head from the posterior surface of the lateral process of the fibula, and a deep head from the lateral condyle of the tibia.

INSERTION: Via a long tendon that runs through a channel on the distal surface of the calcaneus and then forks, with the branches attaching on the ventral surfaces of metatarsals I and III.

REMARKS: This muscle has the same general form in the 11 study taxa. Reed (1951) reported that this muscle inserts only on metatarsal I in Scapanus , and that in Neurotrichus it forks, with one branch inserting on metatarsal I and the other branch forming one of the Mm. flexores breves to digit II.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Soricomorpha

Family

Talpidae

Genus

Mogera

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