Mm. subcostales

WHIDDEN, HOWARD P., 2000, Comparative Myology of Moles and the Phylogeny of the Talpidae (Mammalia, Lipotyphla), American Museum Novitates 3294, pp. 1-53 : 21

Mm. subcostales

These muscles extend between the ribs on the medial surface of the ribcage. The fiber

direction is the same as that of Mm. intercostales interni , but these muscles skip over certain ribs. They are best developed adjacent to the vertebral articulations at the dorsal midline.

REMARKS: These muscles have the same general form in Condylura , Neurotrichus , Parascalops , Scalopus , Scapanus , and Talpa .