Myogale pterygoideus subsp. internus

WHIDDEN, HOWARD P., 2000, Comparative Myology of Moles and the Phylogeny of the Talpidae (Mammalia, Lipotyphla), American Museum Novitates 3294, pp. 1-53 : 7

M. pterygoideus internus

ORIGIN: From an extensive area dorsal and lateral to the pterygoid region.

INSERTION: Over the entire medial surface of the angular process of the mandible.

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