Comparative Myology of Moles and the Phylogeny of the Talpidae (Mammalia, Lipotyphla) Author WHIDDEN, HOWARD P. text American Museum Novitates 2000 2000-04-25 3294 1 53 http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1206/0003-0082%282000%293294%3C0001%3ACMOMAT%3E2.0.CO%3B2 journal article 10.1206/0003-0082(2000)3294<0001:CMOMAT>2.0.CO;2 0003-0082 5461326 M. gracilis ORIGIN: From the ventrolateral surface of the horizontal ramus of the pubis. INSERTION: Via a fascial sheet onto the anterior surface of the falciform process of the tibia. REMARKS: This muscle has the same general form in the 11 study taxa.