Myogale rhomboideus subsp. cervicis

WHIDDEN, HOWARD P., 2000, Comparative Myology of Moles and the Phylogeny of the Talpidae (Mammalia, Lipotyphla), American Museum Novitates 3294, pp. 1-53 : 22

M. rhomboideus cervicis

ORIGIN: From the nuchal ligament, superficial to M. splenius .

INSERTION: On the vertebral border of the scapula, just posterior to the insertion of M. rhomboideus capitis .

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