Myogale longus subsp. atlantis

WHIDDEN, HOWARD P., 2000, Comparative Myology of Moles and the Phylogeny of the Talpidae (Mammalia, Lipotyphla), American Museum Novitates 3294, pp. 1-53 : 19

M. longus atlantis ( fig. 7 )

ORIGIN: From the zygapophyses of the third through the fifth cervical vertebrae.

INSERTION: On the lateral surface of the atlas, ventral to the atlantal foramen.

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

Lumbar Prevertebral Group

Figures

Fig. 7. Lateral view of neck muscles of Parascalops.