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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United States
2024-06-24

New Jersey, East Junior

6.351106, 108.837143

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Kenya
2023-01-02

Hawaii, Flatleyton

14.368731, 72.099722

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Canada
2023-07-06

Hawaii, North Branda

40.993284, -54.728678

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Japan
2025-01-31

Pennsylvania, West Arieltown

-83.716773, 138.903973

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Australia
2020-08-25

Wisconsin, Lebsackchester

-71.703606, 12.644799

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United States
2017-02-16

Kansas, Port Dudley

-44.254802, 109.280921

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United States
2022-06-02

Missouri, South Christenaville

87.832721, 94.497985

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Mexico
2021-07-02

Idaho, Nealfort

-14.962075, -87.612894

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Mexico
2018-01-20

South Carolina, New Carlosfort

-25.645943, 56.531517

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Germany
2021-06-11

Delaware, Doylemouth

81.978097, -164.084648

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Brazil
2025-01-25

Alaska, Paucekshire

32.315434, -34.257764

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France
2024-04-05

Pennsylvania, Strosinmouth

-88.294595, 141.130539

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France
2016-10-12

Mississippi, Port Kiyoko

71.279628, 116.201054

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Mexico
2017-07-20

Minnesota, East Darinfort

5.154036, 70.693274

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Canada
2022-10-17

Iowa, Tysonshire

13.437383, 50.338661

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Mexico
2020-02-18

Indiana, Yostbury

-80.611411, 122.598694

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Brazil
2017-04-16

Arizona, Nonafort

-10.947578, 45.27362

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India
2025-09-21

New Jersey, East Leshaberg

14.039654, -169.147209

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United States
2023-01-07

Mississippi, Dibbertton

-10.146361, 119.188777

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Brazil
2017-01-11

Nebraska, Marlonfurt

-26.707458, -133.000097

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Brazil
2023-06-14

North Carolina, Haneberg

44.80399, 26.512067

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Germany
2025-12-29

South Carolina, West Kenny

-30.739808, -38.897779

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Canada
2025-07-04

Pennsylvania, Yettahaven

34.068385, -95.055982

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France
2024-04-05

South Carolina, Royton

76.140079, -100.794214

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Germany
2019-05-25

Connecticut, South Bryce

-36.991775, -6.060264

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