Mogera semitendinosus

WHIDDEN, HOWARD P., 2000, Comparative Myology of Moles and the Phylogeny of the Talpidae (Mammalia, Lipotyphla), American Museum Novitates 3294, pp. 1-53 : 39

M. semitendinosus I ( fig. 15 )

ORIGIN: From the ventral surface of the descending ramus of the pubis and the tip of the pubic spine.

INSERTION: Via a fascial sheet on the anterior surface of the tibial crest.

REMARKS: This muscle has the same general form in the 11 study taxa. The two heads of the typical mammalian semitendinosus are separate muscles in shrews and moles and were designated Mm. semitendinosus I and II by Leche (1883).

Figures

Fig. 15. Lateral view of pelvic limb muscles of Parascalops, superficial muscles removed.