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-81FF17D6B5A9 - Bee aliquid [trout] - skin - Fuga nemo id voluptatem.

Brazil
2025-05-10

Iowa, Salhaven

-68.608882, 19.953458

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SEED-0E6AAD3C4C1D - Hedgehog voluptas [hare] - skull - Quam ut qui nulla.

Kenya
2023-02-01

Vermont, Lake Gilma

-31.135098, 40.108389

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SEED-1C20A7C71E3C - Wildebeest molestiae [frog] - whole - Aut et repellat explicabo.

Brazil
2025-01-18

Pennsylvania, Bashirianshire

-61.240962, 73.420052

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SEED-22B42E853876 - Muskrat ut [rabbit] - fluid - Qui reprehenderit quasi et.

India
2023-10-17

South Carolina, New Kayla

27.089768, 28.948276

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SEED-BD4157BC8F74 - Cattle ipsa [eel] - tissue - Amet cupiditate numquam nobis.

Kenya
2025-12-27

Massachusetts, Martinborough

39.3182, 24.183692

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SEED-A3865CD950F7 - Platypus eum [gnat] - skeleton - Nostrum dolore odio placeat.

Germany
2022-09-18

Michigan, Borerfort

31.90974, -160.008559

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SEED-3512F4F8E41E - Fish veritatis [duck] - whole - Culpa qui eveniet aliquid.

United States
2018-01-20

Kentucky, Minditown

75.345335, 2.685759

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SEED-BC90EEDC5FE4 - Badger in [hare] - skull - Qui rerum officiis qui.

Canada
2021-03-22

South Dakota, Schuppefurt

58.071652, -10.292317

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SEED-A3C0624980BA - Llama doloremque [beetle] - skull - Laudantium libero aperiam qui.

Germany
2026-07-05

South Carolina, East Lynettaside

21.806712, -25.057609

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SEED-0D6EF286639F - Mammoth dolorem [cod] - tissue - Nihil fuga culpa quisquam.

Brazil
2025-11-30

Indiana, Cliftonport

29.290521, 159.466461

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SEED-14046C3920DE - Skunk praesentium [wallaby] - skull - In esse illo sint.

Japan
2021-05-05

Rhode Island, North Tamar

-25.661228, -170.441046

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SEED-A590A783ED71 - Snail enim [mink] - fluid - Sunt voluptatem sit veniam.

Japan
2025-11-11

New York, Grantville

41.332053, 179.216161

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SEED-0B982727DC46 - Walrus tempore [scorpion] - whole - Eaque laborum rerum tempora.

United States
2025-01-15

Maine, Roobside

37.106998, 108.149781

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SEED-D1F649732D75 - Ape tenetur [shark] - fluid - Quis aut iusto et.

Japan
2019-10-20

South Dakota, North Albertobury

-78.778982, -33.36977

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SEED-110A1AE39ABF - Butterfly qui [tiger] - tissue - Expedita voluptas aliquam provident.

India
2017-11-06

Nebraska, Cristamouth

49.99723, 120.339115

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SEED-2D6073F6D694 - Elk vero [gnu] - skull - Nam praesentium enim provident.

Kenya
2019-05-09

Massachusetts, Lake Nannettestad

-28.947672, 55.666073

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SEED-4BAD016B8EFB - Moose alias [koala] - whole - Laboriosam sunt dolor ratione.

Germany
2024-01-14

West Virginia, West Mariomouth

-32.448225, -108.714524

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SEED-512B3782803A - Wombat nihil [mosquito] - fluid - Doloremque consectetur est et.

Japan
2019-09-16

Alaska, Isaacfort

85.728685, 70.496002

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SEED-307376E5A584 - Goose aperiam [platypus] - skeleton - Quis est atque id.

Japan
2024-10-13

Illinois, Bartonberg

-14.981968, -80.8171

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SEED-1DC4CA8EC1A0 - Tortoise quam [fox] - fluid - Atque eum labore consequatur.

France
2019-03-11

Kansas, Vonberg

36.164408, -76.28242

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SEED-CE6C046C725A - Butterfly ipsum [wombat] - skeleton - Incidunt nobis eligendi in.

United States
2025-07-09

West Virginia, Beckerburgh

66.478436, 50.122137

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SEED-6C4339B9CE20 - Rhinoceros quia [camel] - skin - Dolor odit praesentium veritatis.

Australia
2023-12-12

Rhode Island, North Moseburgh

-70.039853, 93.258666

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SEED-3FFFD8B10652 - Ape at [grasshopper] - whole - Omnis porro rerum fugiat.

Brazil
2023-07-17

Louisiana, Port Roland

89.869876, 21.782009

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SEED-6B8CD706EC25 - Raven asperiores [scorpion] - skin - Perferendis impedit ipsa distinctio.

Australia
2019-04-25

Michigan, Harveyview

82.217486, 1.683908

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SEED-49F60EA6F2ED - Muskrat et [elk] - fluid - Corrupti architecto aspernatur alias.

Australia
2023-11-29

Oklahoma, North Mitchell

-39.823163, -108.202535

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