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-DCF74F53F2B8 - Elk modi [butterfly] - fluid - Culpa libero qui nesciunt.

United States
2021-05-06

New Mexico, North Katherina

-0.455116, -139.596649

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SEED-CB6A8DAB385A - Caribou rerum [raven] - skeleton - Laboriosam est voluptas fuga.

Japan
2019-07-25

Arkansas, Huelsburgh

-56.484156, 163.056037

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SEED-0B06D2943A6F - Swan dolores [crow] - skull - Reprehenderit soluta iure qui.

Canada
2020-10-11

Alaska, North Jacquettamouth

0.842867, 37.384859

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SEED-4D4898EBF274 - Spider neque [sardine] - skull - Eveniet minima cum et.

Brazil
2025-04-05

West Virginia, Lake Altagracia

72.54008, -91.584838

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SEED-1B5C64BBF268 - Gerbil aut [hamster] - skeleton - Praesentium eos veniam similique.

Kenya
2026-02-17

Mississippi, New Hoaburgh

16.376177, -31.350937

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SEED-E3FAB41075A8 - Jellyfish et [squirrel] - skin - Iure nobis nisi quasi.

Japan
2024-12-02

Maryland, Rennerstad

77.563349, -130.192946

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SEED-A9BAA3B0278E - Goat nihil [antelope] - fluid - Et voluptatem autem similique.

Japan
2024-11-19

New York, Dorianside

43.32339, 115.878507

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SEED-F649C592CC72 - Muskrat quia [whale] - tissue - Mollitia doloremque ab aspernatur.

Germany
2022-08-08

Mississippi, New Shadmouth

18.339607, -8.014212

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SEED-1F020E194847 - Wolf id [yellowjacket] - fluid - Maxime ut tempora et.

United States
2025-02-13

Wyoming, Luciochester

-75.579424, 31.091019

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SEED-4FAB5F944EDE - Toad harum [porcupine] - tissue - Voluptas ea quos totam.

Mexico
2022-08-08

Texas, South Tyrone

-39.068238, 25.721381

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SEED-CC7E32DFA8AE - Wombat nihil [dolphin] - whole - In omnis quia aut.

Mexico
2021-10-28

Maryland, Port Belia

66.648539, -159.099641

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SEED-8244C715D390 - Muskrat id [hornet] - skeleton - Vel voluptatem sit quia.

Germany
2024-08-11

California, Lake Sandieberg

-63.657107, 113.750411

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SEED-4DFC8EFF64DE - Oyster saepe [mosquito] - skin - Repudiandae nesciunt et qui.

France
2023-09-10

Montana, Lake Vedaview

43.040022, -65.508224

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SEED-E44B562C6089 - Ant quis [hare] - skeleton - Atque magnam aut nihil.

Australia
2020-09-03

Illinois, Corkeryburgh

33.102022, -46.269697

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SEED-A5104D2E3474 - Horse eos [elephant] - fluid - Dolorem saepe ex quia.

Japan
2026-03-01

North Dakota, Port Numbers

-64.832802, 113.664244

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SEED-223ECAEFD5E6 - Prairie sint [trout] - fluid - Debitis itaque magni eos.

Mexico
2020-10-18

Virginia, South Shayne

-79.356967, -20.84624

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SEED-8F9E9EDF495E - Seal ab [porcupine] - whole - Exercitationem sapiente autem aut.

Brazil
2018-12-28

Virginia, Coraburgh

53.79601, -23.194187

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SEED-B0032CDA7FB8 - Hamster vel [armadillo] - skin - Qui sint ipsa veniam.

Germany
2016-11-15

Maine, Lake Verdell

69.073762, -78.856509

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SEED-7A3C7D9C2FCC - Mosquito quasi [ferret] - skeleton - Maxime odio rerum repellendus.

Kenya
2020-01-19

South Carolina, North Lenville

5.750058, -14.654582

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SEED-2CA286513A1C - Alligator nemo [kangaroo] - skeleton - Dignissimos ut a optio.

Brazil
2017-01-18

North Dakota, Carylstad

-15.048193, 61.434335

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SEED-35ECE15E4738 - Hare laboriosam [bee] - whole - Minima est dolore ut.

Kenya
2023-07-08

Montana, North Norman

-59.007041, 39.762819

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SEED-059A262D1251 - Wasp minima [crab] - tissue - Laborum voluptate velit nobis.

United States
2024-08-09

Utah, Kossland

68.257902, 22.435239

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SEED-D8278B84D350 - Butterfly dolore [eagle] - skeleton - Qui consequuntur dolore iste.

Japan
2023-07-15

Idaho, Port Edgar

-61.123577, -28.030248

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SEED-08972BD0220C - Hyena qui [gorilla] - tissue - Aut exercitationem possimus dolorem.

Canada
2023-05-01

Wyoming, South Garret

-62.03135, -58.266021

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SEED-29D0A0CB5EA8 - Raven suscipit [platypus] - whole - Voluptas distinctio libero sunt.

Brazil
2022-01-30

Delaware, Gutmannstad

-28.776081, -93.242887

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