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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175687 - Phyllostomus elongatus [Lesser spear-nosed bat] - SPLEEN, LIVER, KIDNEY, HEART

Suriname
1996-03-07

NICKERIE, WAGENINGEN

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175688 - Platyrrhinus brachycephalus [Short-headed broad-nosed bat] - SPLEEN, LIVER, KIDNEY, HEART

Suriname
1996-03-07

NICKERIE, WAGENINGEN

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175689 - Rhynchonycteris naso [Proboscis bat] - SPLEEN, LIVER, KIDNEY, HEART

Suriname
1996-03-07

NICKERIE, WAGENINGEN

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175713 - Platyrrhinus brachycephalus [Short-headed broad-nosed bat] - SPLEEN, LIVER, KIDNEY, HEART

Suriname
1996-03-13

PARA, BERNARD DORP

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175766 - Phyllostomus discolor [Pale spear-nosed bat] - SPLEEN, LIVER, KIDNEY, HEART

Suriname
1996-03-14

PARAMARIBO, PEU ET CONTANT

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175800 - Vampyressa pusilla [Little yellow-eared bat] - SPLEEN, LIVER, KIDNEY, HEART

Suriname
1996-03-17

SARAMACCA, Grankreek Village

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175803 - Sturnira tildae [Tilda yellow-shouldered bat] - SPLEEN, LIVER, KIDNEY, HEART

Suriname
1996-03-11

BROKOPONDO, BABOENHOL

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175805 - Sturnira lilium [Little yellow-shouldered bat] - SPLEEN, LIVER, KIDNEY, HEART

Suriname
1996-03-11

BROKOPONDO, BABOENHOL

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175806 - Sturnira lilium [Little yellow-shouldered bat] - SPLEEN, LIVER, KIDNEY, HEART

Suriname
1996-03-11

BROKOPONDO, BABOENHOL

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175807 - Sturnira tildae [Tilda yellow-shouldered bat] - SPLEEN, LIVER, KIDNEY, HEART

Suriname
1996-03-11

BROKOPONDO, BABOENHOL

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178001 - Mus - SPLEEN, MUSCLE, LIVER, KIDNEY

Germany
2002-10-22

Saxony

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172521 - Peromyscus maniculatus - SPLEEN, LIVER, KIDNEY, HEART

United States
1995-08-31

Michigan, CHIPPEWA

46.0113, -83.5261

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166331 - Holochilus vulpinus - KARYOTYPE, OTHER, LIVER, KIDNEY

Paraguay
1988-03-22

PRESIDENTE HAYES

-25.08333, -57.75

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169770 - Microtus pennsylvanicus pennsylvanicus - SPLEEN, LUNG, KIDNEY, HEART

United States
1992-08-13

Michigan, Delta

46.0788, -86.8345

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177847 - Mus musculus [House mouse] - SPLEEN, MUSCLE, LIVER, KIDNEY

Germany
2003-09-10

Saxony

51.50206, 14.81094

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177852 - Mus musculus [House mouse] - SPLEEN, MUSCLE, LIVER, KIDNEY

Germany
2003-09-10

Saxony

51.50206, 14.810964

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177856 - Mus domesticus - SPLEEN, MUSCLE, LIVER, KIDNEY

Germany
2003-09-07

Saxony-Anhalt

61.00635, 12.16812

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177858 - Mus musculus domesticus - SPLEEN, MUSCLE, LIVER, KIDNEY

Germany
2003-09-18

Thuringia

50.93867, 11.52453

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177860 - Mus musculus domesticus - SPLEEN, MUSCLE, LIVER, KIDNEY

Germany
2003-10-13

Saxony

51.35008, 12.73431

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177875 - Mus musculus domesticus - SPLEEN, MUSCLE, LIVER, KIDNEY

Germany
2003-09-29

Saxony-Anhalt

51.19205, 12.12313

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177877 - Mus musculus [House mouse] - SPLEEN, MUSCLE, LIVER, KIDNEY

Germany
2003-09-12

Saxony

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177883 - Mus musculus [House mouse] - SPLEEN, MUSCLE, LIVER, KIDNEY

Germany
2003-10-09

Saxony

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177886 - Mus musculus [House mouse] - SPLEEN, MUSCLE, LIVER, KIDNEY

Germany
2003-10-09

Saxony

51.50206, 14.81094

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177903 - Mus - SPLEEN, MUSCLE, LIVER, KIDNEY

Germany
2001-08-29

Saxony

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177945 - Mus musculus [House mouse] - SPLEEN, MUSCLE, LIVER, KIDNEY

Germany
2003-09-10

Saxony

51.14104, 14.97882

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