Myogale cleidodeltoideus

WHIDDEN, HOWARD P., 2000, Comparative Myology of Moles and the Phylogeny of the Talpidae (Mammalia, Lipotyphla), American Museum Novitates 3294, pp. 1-53 : 24

publication ID

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

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Myogale cleidodeltoideus
status

 

M. cleidodeltoideus ( fig. 8 View Fig )

ORIGIN: From the ventral surface of the lateral end of the clavicle.

INSERTION: In the deltoid fossa, adjacent to the pectoral ridge of the humerus.

REMARKS: This muscle has the same general form in Condylura , Neurotrichus , Parascalops , Scalopus , Scapanus , Scaptonyx , Talpa , Uropsilus , and Urotrichus . It is similar in Desmana and Galemys , but is apparently fused with M. acromiodeltoideus .

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Soricomorpha

Family

Talpidae

Genus

Myogale

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