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. semitendinosus II ( fig. 14 ) ORIGIN: From the posterior end of the sacral spine and from the neural spine of the first caudal vertebra. INSERTION: Via a fascial sheet on the anterior surface of the tibial crest, just distal to the insertion of M. semitendinosus I. REMARKS: This muscle has the same general form in the 11 study taxa.