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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SEED-1483672CF0C2 - Fish ut [cat] - skin - Error quasi et magni.

Germany
2023-08-11

Michigan, East Gisele

-53.373378, -148.210642

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SEED-42FC9E3DF2BA - Jackal voluptatibus [cat] - skin - Odit dolore maiores quos.

Kenya
2025-04-14

Wisconsin, Lake Arie

-61.943904, 72.600443

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SEED-2EE32EDB821A - Tiger et [weasel] - fluid - Provident tenetur minima porro.

Kenya
2023-07-09

North Dakota, Hesselhaven

-85.694194, -164.357782

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SEED-7D22DF67DF29 - Beetle vel [pug] - skull - Voluptas consequatur quo vel.

Japan
2022-12-25

Nebraska, Markville

-87.900828, 74.53025

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SEED-1953752B292E - Hippopotamus molestiae [hedgehog] - skeleton - Occaecati cupiditate accusamus amet.

Germany
2017-06-23

North Dakota, Josefland

4.180215, 122.074652

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SEED-709198DFE371 - Hippopotamus nemo [crocodile] - whole - Ea illum incidunt rerum.

France
2017-05-12

Wyoming, Kuhicmouth

21.629284, -38.178204

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SEED-D07E71DA1561 - Eagle quidem [badger] - whole - Explicabo qui omnis quas.

Australia
2018-09-17

Oklahoma, Terryhaven

45.8046, 70.31877

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SEED-C0445AB21C7B - Prairie porro [crocodile] - whole - Harum id eos animi.

Mexico
2023-04-09

Kentucky, West Kathe

33.973623, 76.422405

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SEED-A074DA433330 - Spider expedita [bat] - whole - Delectus eos molestiae sunt.

Japan
2023-05-15

Tennessee, Debbieville

5.881613, 88.080959

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SEED-AD03EF2742E5 - Louse et [skunk] - whole - Ab et sit ut.

Canada
2018-09-19

Illinois, North Ada

67.847783, -29.182034

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SEED-0A00FA60E1FF - Grasshopper et [goat] - skeleton - Vel voluptatum blanditiis sunt.

India
2024-10-25

Utah, Lake Vera

-63.516547, -144.788335

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SEED-8819A3E4EB05 - Pig et [mosquito] - skeleton - In iste corrupti nulla.

Germany
2021-01-18

Kansas, West Angelina

9.109138, 36.922508

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SEED-CB14BF9130DA - Tiger consequatur [sardine] - fluid - Est qui enim sapiente.

Australia
2017-02-17

Hawaii, Hermaside

5.388055, 42.623012

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SEED-3757B341F59A - Wombat adipisci [prairie dog] - skeleton - Atque delectus ut quam.

Canada
2016-09-19

West Virginia, East Tyroneburgh

-17.824599, 169.18865

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SEED-6A22EBCA1707 - Badger aperiam [ape] - skeleton - Nam ut illo et.

Germany
2021-10-05

Alaska, Claytonland

4.438068, 17.987498

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SEED-02E16E49E44A - Armadillo est [jellyfish] - skull - Praesentium dolores sint quod.

Kenya
2023-08-31

Washington, New Winford

-48.208423, -72.419919

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SEED-0DD351D76DB1 - Armadillo omnis [gnat] - skin - Commodi quasi autem cum.

India
2025-08-28

Colorado, Lake Nadene

24.472094, 118.76266

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SEED-25A617772FCE - Caribou non [reindeer] - whole - Blanditiis ab dicta voluptas.

Japan
2025-09-17

Kentucky, Pagactown

-30.564173, 156.221679

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SEED-55AB8E7EC36A - Woodchuck repudiandae [giraffe] - whole - Temporibus consequatur quae possimus.

Japan
2019-04-29

Indiana, Riceburgh

-15.467537, -178.444343

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SEED-5FE4B920B07F - Baboon sit [gnat] - skull - Doloribus sint vitae ducimus.

India
2018-02-23

Wyoming, Dewittbury

-57.174206, -14.652515

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SEED-72E8A66BA50E - Snail et [spider] - skull - Omnis optio molestiae aut.

India
2018-03-04

Wisconsin, East Jonna

-34.47701, 88.973158

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SEED-EF6839D6943D - Beetle enim [impala] - tissue - Quod et sequi et.

Japan
2024-09-21

Arkansas, Port Erinside

57.223479, 115.742268

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SEED-974548DFFA1D - Deer quis [mink] - skull - Quis aut alias laboriosam.

Australia
2026-03-29

Arkansas, Port Annika

-5.407369, 9.701176

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SEED-C32294A0D71F - Butterfly error [hornet] - skeleton - Dolorem voluptatem dignissimos necessitatibus.

India
2022-10-14

Ohio, Boganport

81.307868, 109.305829

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SEED-962C5F485B0A - Jellyfish alias [ant] - whole - Tempore eaque quod sapiente.

India
2023-05-23

Massachusetts, East Vincenzomouth

-45.048447, -143.83006

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