Myogale obliquus subsp. abdominis

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

M. obliquus abdominis internus

ORIGIN: From a fascial sheet over the neural spines of the lumbar and posterior thoracic vertebrae, from the crest of the ilium, from the inguinal tendon, and from the horizontal ramus of the pubis.

INSERTION: On the dorsal surfaces of the last four ribs, on the surface of M. transversus abdominis , and into the fascia covering the abdomen.

REMARKS: This muscle has the same general form in the 11 study taxa.