Mogera semitendinosus, II

WHIDDEN, HOWARD P., 2000, Comparative Myology of Moles and the Phylogeny of the Talpidae (Mammalia, Lipotyphla), American Museum Novitates 3294, pp. 1-53 : 39

M. semitendinosus II ( fig. 14 )

ORIGIN: From the posterior end of the sacral spine and from the neural spine of the first caudal vertebra.

INSERTION: Via a fascial sheet on the anterior surface of the tibial crest, just distal to the insertion of M. semitendinosus I.

REMARKS: This muscle has the same general form in the 11 study taxa.

Figures

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