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.

UMMZ Division of Mammals Division Page

UMMZ Division of Mammals Policy Page

← Back to Collections

Collection Items

Or go to Advanced Search

Displaying items 42801 - 42825 of 253282 in total

174688 - Crocidura monticola [Sunda Shrew] - OTHER

Indonesia
2000-04-18

West Kalimantan, Ketapang Regency

Coordinates not available

Add Preparation to Checkout

174689 - Crocidura monticola [Sunda Shrew] - OTHER

Indonesia
1998-08-31

West Kalimantan, Ketapang Regency

Coordinates not available

Add Preparation to Checkout

174817 - Sooretamys ANGOUYA - LIVER

Paraguay
1999-09-08

Misiones

Coordinates not available

Add Preparation to Checkout

174818 - Sooretamys ANGOUYA - LIVER

Paraguay
1999-09-08

Misiones

Coordinates not available

Add Preparation to Checkout

174819 - Akodon AZARAE - LIVER

Paraguay
1999-09-08

Misiones

Coordinates not available

Add Preparation to Checkout

174820 - Holochilus vulpinus - LIVER

Paraguay
1999-09-10

Misiones

Coordinates not available

Add Preparation to Checkout

174821 - Oligoryzomys FORNESI - LIVER

Paraguay
1999-09-10

Misiones

Coordinates not available

Add Preparation to Checkout

174822 - Holochilus vulpinus - LIVER

Paraguay
1999-09-12

Paraguari

Coordinates not available

Add Preparation to Checkout

174823 - Akodon AZARAE - LIVER

Paraguay
1999-09-12

Misiones

Coordinates not available

Add Preparation to Checkout

174824 - Holochilus vulpinus - LIVER

Paraguay
1999-09-13

Paraguari

Coordinates not available

Add Preparation to Checkout

174825 - Oligoryzomys - LIVER

Paraguay
1999-09-14

Misiones

Coordinates not available

Add Preparation to Checkout

174826 - Oligoryzomys - LIVER

Paraguay
1999-09-14

Misiones

Coordinates not available

Add Preparation to Checkout

174827 - Akodon MONTENSIS - MUSCLE, LIVER

Paraguay
1999-09-24

Neembucu

Coordinates not available

Add Preparation to Checkout

174828 - Philander frenatus [Southeastern Four-eyed Opossum] - MUSCLE, LIVER

Paraguay
1999-09-25

Neembucu

Coordinates not available

Add Preparation to Checkout

174829 - Holochilus vulpinus - MUSCLE, LIVER

Paraguay
1999-09-27

Neembucu

Coordinates not available

Add Preparation to Checkout

174830 - Akodon AZARAE - MUSCLE, LIVER

Paraguay
1999-09-27

Neembucu

Coordinates not available

Add Preparation to Checkout

174831 - Akodon AZARAE - MUSCLE, LIVER

Paraguay
1999-09-28

Neembucu

Coordinates not available

Add Preparation to Checkout

174878 - Akodon AZARAE - MUSCLE, LIVER

Paraguay
1999-12-16

Misiones

Coordinates not available

Add Preparation to Checkout

174832 - Akodon AZARAE - MUSCLE, LIVER

Paraguay
1999-09-30

Neembucu

-26.5828, -58.1444

Add Preparation to Checkout

174834 - Sooretamys ANGOUYA - LIVER

Paraguay
1999-09-08

Misiones

Coordinates not available

Add Preparation to Checkout

174835 - Oligoryzomys - MUSCLE, LIVER

Paraguay
1999-10-21

Canindeyu

Coordinates not available

Add Preparation to Checkout

174836 - Oligoryzomys FORNESI - MUSCLE, LIVER

Paraguay
1999-10-22

Canindeyu

Coordinates not available

Add Preparation to Checkout

174837 - Oligoryzomys FORNESI - MUSCLE, LIVER

Paraguay
1999-10-22

Canindeyu

Coordinates not available

Add Preparation to Checkout

174838 - Oligoryzomys NIGRIPES - MUSCLE, LIVER

Paraguay
1999-10-23

Canindeyu

Coordinates not available

Add Preparation to Checkout

174839 - Oligoryzomys FORNESI - MUSCLE, LIVER

Paraguay
1999-10-23

Canindeyu

Coordinates not available

Add Preparation to Checkout