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-F19C5E6D42BB - Prairie explicabo [buffalo] - skin - Dignissimos nihil nisi voluptatem.

France
2025-12-04

Texas, Otisview

-87.814509, -168.920354

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SEED-9CEB75110AA8 - Dinosaur sed [goat] - skeleton - Optio dignissimos nulla et.

France
2024-11-08

Kentucky, Sharonhaven

-83.865048, 55.573097

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SEED-D5124EA097ED - Macaw perspiciatis [elephant] - tissue - Libero sint et cum.

Mexico
2023-06-15

Mississippi, New Hermanburgh

-14.564877, 12.138069

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SEED-0A9AF01980E8 - Cheetah assumenda [prairie dog] - fluid - Eaque sit et dolor.

Canada
2017-01-07

Colorado, Schowalterside

-25.005715, -169.471368

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SEED-4DE2FA55C889 - Dog qui [cicada] - skin - Sed beatae esse et.

India
2022-07-08

Vermont, North Wendell

-22.446436, -133.698866

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SEED-4B1579EE3EE2 - Kangaroo quo [deer] - skull - Eveniet explicabo asperiores sed.

Kenya
2025-09-01

Texas, South Kimberlytown

-66.936696, -161.822541

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SEED-3CC76B0C5616 - Cricket et [swan] - skeleton - Optio tempore eos cumque.

Kenya
2026-05-30

Pennsylvania, Port Katelynberg

28.301809, -148.141265

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SEED-88A9510DCC07 - Armadillo repellat [raven] - skeleton - Ut consequatur est tempora.

Mexico
2019-01-02

Idaho, West Shelli

-33.696207, 88.445006

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SEED-BB24ECAFC627 - Dog accusamus [giraffe] - skin - Odit facilis possimus veritatis.

France
2018-05-29

Tennessee, Lake Stefania

-71.322213, -144.595307

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SEED-1DB11D233916 - Chimpanzee id [mole] - skin - Sit eos nisi qui.

France
2023-08-24

Alaska, North Morgan

-57.27528, -53.693398

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SEED-7DDC035FE03D - Panda distinctio [worm] - skin - Eum sapiente dignissimos sequi.

Germany
2024-08-05

Iowa, Hartmannchester

11.850338, 55.81322

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SEED-932CDDE13FE3 - Yellowjacket vel [camel] - skeleton - Vel corrupti enim aspernatur.

India
2022-03-15

Hawaii, Gusikowskibury

-78.255489, -36.691493

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SEED-F7134A1D3A27 - Mallard quae [hyena] - skin - Exercitationem corrupti iusto sit.

Australia
2023-10-11

Florida, Gusikowskichester

-87.703075, 29.885561

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SEED-188480744020 - Monkey ut [zebra] - fluid - Nesciunt aut eos commodi.

Germany
2023-06-22

Alabama, Elinorefort

86.70198, -138.192899

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SEED-606389CE0579 - Cod repellat [wombat] - tissue - Iure voluptatem excepturi qui.

Japan
2019-09-16

North Carolina, West Lourdes

21.952191, -17.882126

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SEED-A8714B72FBFC - Frog aliquid [mammoth] - skull - Suscipit magni in sed.

Kenya
2018-07-11

Iowa, Lawrencefurt

11.229036, -171.107112

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SEED-7DC57353EFAD - Mule consequatur [alpaca] - skull - At est aliquid repellat.

Brazil
2022-10-05

Alaska, East Hipolito

62.297389, -166.187916

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SEED-5A63C90B23AD - Lizard vitae [oyster] - skeleton - Ipsum nihil dolores est.

Germany
2024-08-10

Colorado, New Ingertown

-86.240502, -2.01954

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SEED-7E8BCCAEA491 - Koala asperiores [alligator] - fluid - Autem fuga atque fugiat.

Kenya
2021-06-29

Nevada, New Myrtismouth

70.320778, 97.630712

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SEED-934AD9B0A1AC - Mouse quia [shark] - tissue - Quasi sed quo eius.

India
2024-06-15

Arkansas, Brigittehaven

44.311326, -94.655682

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SEED-6BB917ECE39E - Crab qui [chimpanzee] - whole - Sequi itaque nihil officia.

Kenya
2017-04-28

Colorado, South Rashad

8.917155, 115.535624

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SEED-F6AF4DEDCFEB - Jackal reprehenderit [pug] - skeleton - Hic dolor distinctio enim.

Germany
2024-04-03

Idaho, South Grazyna

84.912814, -113.789615

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SEED-E7B368917B85 - Skunk ab [dinosaur] - tissue - Ut ullam optio neque.

Brazil
2021-08-14

Oregon, Hermistonburgh

-43.779198, -91.465077

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SEED-EF1361507FE9 - Ape magnam [porcupine] - tissue - Aut ipsam quia mollitia.

Japan
2024-04-02

Georgia, Lillafurt

-40.701773, -160.798695

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SEED-0CA28666CF74 - Grasshopper dolor [manatee] - tissue - Aliquam laboriosam aut sit.

United States
2023-09-25

South Carolina, Duncanchester

-28.179406, -77.238912

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