Myogale quadratus subsp. lumborum

WHIDDEN, HOWARD P., 2000, Comparative Myology of Moles and the Phylogeny of the Talpidae (Mammalia, Lipotyphla), American Museum Novitates 3294, pp. 1-53 : 19

M. quadratus lumborum

ORIGIN: From the posterior surface of the last rib, from the anapophyses of the last tho­

racic and first two lumbar vertebrae, and from the ventrolateral margins of the last thoracic and first three lumbar vertebrae.

INSERTION: On the anterior edges of the transverse processes of the second through the sixth lumbar vertebrae.

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