Abstract
The main object of this work is to show the adaptations in myology (the study of muscles) and osteology (the study of bones) that have resulted from habits and environment in a closely related group. The musculature is emphasized, but it is obvious that a problem of this kind would be inadequate without consideration of the bony levers, projections, relative and proportional lengths of the bones, and the part they play in the economy of the animal. In other words the two are so closely related that they cannot be treated separately with any sense of security. It is also hoped that the anatomy of the muscles of the different forms as herein described represents a contribution that heretofore has been neglected. Howell's Anatomy of the Wood Rat is the only reliable work published on the myology of a generalized rodent, and was freely consulted, especially as regards nomenclature.
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