Myogale digastricus

WHIDDEN, HOWARD P., 2000, Comparative Myology of Moles and the Phylogeny of the Talpidae (Mammalia, Lipotyphla), American Museum Novitates 3294, pp. 1-53 : 13-14

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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

Myogale digastricus
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M. digastricus , venter posterior ( fig. 6 View Fig )

The anterior portion of the digastric is discussed with the muscles of the Trigeminal Field.

ORIGIN: From the ventral base of the skull between the occipital condyle and the stylomastoid foramen, from the surface of the un­

derlying M. jugulohyoideus , and from the stylohyal cartilage.

INSERTION: In a tendinous inscription into the anterior belly of the digastric.

REMARKS: This muscle has the same general form in Condylura , Desmana , Neurotrichus , Parascalops , Scaptonyx , Uropsilus , and Urotrichus . The stylohyal portion is especially large in Condylura . Scalopus , Scapanus , and Talpa lack fibers from the stylohyal cartilage.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Soricomorpha

Family

Talpidae

Genus

Myogale

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