Myogale latissimus subsp. dorsi

WHIDDEN, HOWARD P., 2000, Comparative Myology of Moles and the Phylogeny of the Talpidae (Mammalia, Lipotyphla), American Museum Novitates 3294, pp. 1-53 : 23

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https://doi.org/ 10.1206/0003-0082(2000)3294<0001:CMOMAT>2.0.CO;2

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scientific name

Myogale latissimus subsp. dorsi
status

 

M. latissimus dorsi ( fig. 10 View Fig )

ORIGIN: From the neural spines of the posterior thoracic vertebrae and from a fascial sheet over the entire lumbar region.

INSERTION: Via a tough aponeurosis on the surface of M. teres major .

REMARKS: This muscle has the same general form in the 11 study taxa. In Desmana and Galemys , the origin of this muscle extends onto the iliac crest. In Uropsilus , this muscle inserts directly on the teres tubercle of the humerus, but in the other genera it inserts on the surface of M. teres major . As

noted by Campbell (1939), in Talpa some anteromedial fibers insert on M. teres major slightly posterior to the rest of the muscle.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Soricomorpha

Family

Talpidae

Genus

Myogale

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