Myogale rectus subsp. capitis

WHIDDEN, HOWARD P., 2000, Comparative Myology of Moles and the Phylogeny of the Talpidae (Mammalia, Lipotyphla), American Museum Novitates 3294, pp. 1-53 : 18

publication ID

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

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FF8784-A470-FFC5-78E9-FE5BFB1E42C9

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scientific name

Myogale rectus subsp. capitis
status

 

M. rectus capitis dorsalis major

ORIGIN: From the dorsal margin of the neural spine of the axis, and from a raphe that extends anterior to the neural spine.

INSERTION: Via a short aponeurosis on the lateral occipital region, deep to M. splenius .

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

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Soricomorpha

Family

Talpidae

Genus

Myogale

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