Myogale cricoarytenoideus subsp. dorsalis

WHIDDEN, HOWARD P., 2000, Comparative Myology of Moles and the Phylogeny of the Talpidae (Mammalia, Lipotyphla), American Museum Novitates 3294, pp. 1-53 : 15

M. cricoarytenoideus dorsalis

ORIGIN: From the dorsal surface of the cricoid cartilage.

INSERTION: On the dorsal and posterior surfaces of the arytenoid cartilage.

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