Myogale levator subsp. alae

WHIDDEN, HOWARD P., 2000, Comparative Myology of Moles and the Phylogeny of the Talpidae (Mammalia, Lipotyphla), American Museum Novitates 3294, pp. 1-53 : 12

M. levator alae nasi superioris ( fig. 5 )

ORIGIN: As an aponeurosis from a small ridge just posterior to the base of the zygomatic arch and deep to M. levator alae nasi inferioris.

INSERTION: Via a long tendon on the dorsal rim of the external naris.

REMARKS: This muscle has the same general form in Condylura , Desmana , Neurotrichus , Parascalops , Scalopus , Scapanus ,

Scaptonyx , Talpa , Uropsilus , and Urotrichus . Gaughran (1954) incorrectly stated that M. levator alae nasi superioris is superficial to M. levator alae nasi inferioris.

Figures

Fig. 5. Lateral view of snout muscles of Parascalops. A, Superficial layer; B, middle layer; C, deep layer.