UMMZ Division of Mammals

The University of Michigan Museum of Zoology (UMMZ) Mammal Division (hereafter, Mammal Division) was established in 1837, when the Michigan State Legislature authorized the University to establish a “cabinet of natural history”.

Today, the Mammal Division collections are housed at the Research Museums Center and contain over 150,000 specimens. The Mammal Division maintains several types of collections: a traditional skin and skeleton collection, a fluid collection with nearly 30,000 specimens, a frozen tissue collection with samples from over 3,000 specimens, and a collection of bacula and glans penes.

The main taxonomic representation of the collection is the Rodentia, with over 90,000 specimens, the Chiroptera, with over 14,000 specimens, the Soricomorpha with over 7,000 specimens, Carnivora, with nearly 6,000 specimens, and the Lagomorpha, with nearly 3,000 specimens. Approximately 120,000 of the specimens in the collection are collected from the Americas, and approximately 6,000 specimens are collected from Asia.

The Mammal Division also contains a collection of type specimens. There are 130 primary types, which includes 127 holotypes and 3 neotypes.

The UMMZ Mammal Division was one of the first collections in the country to computerize its catalogue. Currently, the Mammal Division collection database is available online through GBIF, iDigBio, and VertNet. Please note, these links will open in a new tab.

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UMMZ Division of Mammals Policy Page

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SEED-F48B59E8B465 - Turtle necessitatibus [squirrel] - whole - Rerum sunt similique voluptate.

Germany
2017-05-24

Mississippi, West Lonside

38.108356, -116.352107

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SEED-E736531396F1 - Muskrat explicabo [llama] - skull - Temporibus sequi velit quis.

Japan
2026-01-17

Alaska, West Loretteside

17.178783, -13.316533

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SEED-30F5D081B160 - Spider et [ferret] - skull - Rerum voluptatem rem voluptatem.

Kenya
2025-07-09

Illinois, South Carylon

71.841805, -158.480562

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SEED-2A94C3BBCAD0 - Shark nesciunt [mallard] - skin - Dolores sint doloremque sit.

France
2026-07-16

Hawaii, New Nathanville

18.653613, 150.497299

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SEED-110F2518A7E7 - Woodchuck earum [scorpion] - tissue - In culpa laboriosam architecto.

India
2023-10-04

South Dakota, Bernierview

40.140808, -111.176644

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SEED-9CDBCFE132DF - Porpoise dolores [elk] - fluid - Omnis et consectetur ullam.

Australia
2025-02-21

South Carolina, New Christiane

-69.196459, -56.082659

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SEED-79B2ECAE6B82 - Wasp qui [shark] - skull - Earum et amet odit.

Canada
2022-12-31

Delaware, Port Cedrickton

-28.064839, -80.976563

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SEED-21CD1FAD5A15 - Eel qui [baboon] - skeleton - Nesciunt rerum blanditiis non.

United States
2024-03-09

Oregon, Parkerport

-83.559382, 26.47823

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SEED-4695D04755DC - Tortoise ab [crocodile] - fluid - Quasi odit perferendis sint.

Japan
2024-05-15

Alabama, South Abram

-58.343645, -123.359689

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SEED-92C704164927 - Eel rem [elk] - fluid - Ullam hic eum facere.

Germany
2024-04-14

Delaware, Okmouth

44.549101, 86.788865

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SEED-33D002E5E099 - Manatee sint [beaver] - skin - Nesciunt tenetur dolore sit.

Australia
2021-06-04

Wyoming, Port Frieda

59.245937, -71.776722

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SEED-774072C9CF54 - Porpoise atque [mallard] - skin - Nostrum vel dolorem molestiae.

India
2021-09-09

Illinois, New Majorview

82.203586, -159.314309

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SEED-C90F0A2B1868 - Chinchilla dignissimos [giraffe] - tissue - Et et aliquam qui.

Mexico
2022-03-11

Mississippi, Howellmouth

-5.894261, 121.840245

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SEED-8E15FA98D579 - Bee quia [sardine] - fluid - Nihil rerum quo accusamus.

Canada
2018-04-28

Florida, Greenfort

62.910004, -61.671232

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SEED-E3A8B6F0B6C2 - Rabbit repudiandae [woodchuck] - tissue - Adipisci non est voluptatem.

Japan
2020-01-24

Alabama, Torphymouth

52.63097, -89.07078

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SEED-79DFEF43E225 - Serval non [eagle] - skin - Voluptatibus quis ipsa quam.

France
2025-01-08

Wyoming, Wilkinsonland

-59.410329, -29.652031

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SEED-13B891796DB2 - Gnu ipsum [bee] - tissue - Cumque dolorum fugiat ipsum.

Canada
2022-05-25

New Hampshire, Hilperttown

-12.251984, 93.587698

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SEED-84F5EFCF17F1 - Hyena officiis [yellowjacket] - whole - Sit incidunt sapiente harum.

Kenya
2023-09-22

Arkansas, Port Kimbery

82.760843, 57.638073

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SEED-A61E93E62F67 - Chimpanzee est [gerbil] - tissue - Modi culpa dolor earum.

India
2019-03-10

Missouri, West Barbaratown

38.906436, -115.18561

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SEED-F97FD711CF45 - Eel quis [turtle] - whole - Assumenda non qui voluptatibus.

Mexico
2020-08-23

Michigan, Jenport

-43.439772, -136.925115

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SEED-E1F492F0F35C - Guinea quod [crab] - tissue - Et velit qui est.

Japan
2021-09-24

New York, South Robertside

-12.762168, -0.835515

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SEED-D3C31467A589 - Wombat in [chimpanzee] - skull - Accusamus ut distinctio id.

Canada
2026-07-14

Mississippi, North Joane

-45.62968, 21.296361

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France
2020-10-20

Hawaii, Watersburgh

-20.917501, -69.102332

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SEED-54B13F94E452 - Lizard laborum [giraffe] - skin - Alias rerum laborum nobis.

Japan
2024-05-13

Oklahoma, Joeyhaven

64.072171, -1.017411

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SEED-422513736B1E - Yellowjacket sapiente [eel] - skin - Quidem voluptatem eum fugit.

France
2021-06-19

Nebraska, Port Bernicetown

-26.537185, -167.010243

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