Myogale levator subsp. alae

WHIDDEN, HOWARD P., 2000, Comparative Myology of Moles and the Phylogeny of the Talpidae (Mammalia, Lipotyphla), American Museum Novitates 3294, pp. 1-53 : 11-12

M. levator alae nasi inferioris ( fig. 5 )

ORIGIN: As an aponeurosis from a small ridge just posterior to the base of the zygomatic arch, and also from the surface of M. levator labii superioris proprius.

INSERTION: Via a long, slender tendon on the posterior margin of the external naris.

REMARKS: This muscle has the same gen­

eral form in Condylura , Desmana , Neurotri­

Figures

Fig. 5. Lateral view of snout muscles of Parascalops. A, Superficial layer; B, middle layer; C, deep layer.