Myogale serratus subsp. ventralis

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. serratus ventralis thoracis ( fig. 10 )

ORIGIN: From the lateral surfaces of the third through the ninth or tenth ribs.

INSERTION: On the medial surface of the vertebral border of the scapula, just posterior to the insertion of M. serratus ventralis cervicis.

REMARKS: This muscle has the same general form in Condylura , Desmana , Galemys , Neurotrichus , Parascalops , Scalopus , Scapanus , Scaptonyx , Talpa , and Urotrichus . In Uropsilus , it takes origin from the third through the eighth ribs. Reed (1951) named this muscle M. serratus anterior thoracis.

Figures

Fig. 10. Ventral view of pectoral limb muscles of Parascalops.