Myogale rhomboideus subsp. capitis

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 capitis

ORIGIN: From the occipital region of the skull, just lateral to the midline.

INSERTION: On the vertebral border of the scapula.

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