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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162392 - Sorex cinereus cinereus - LIVER

United States
1984-09-27

Michigan, MACKINAC

46.0147, -84.7235

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162441 - Peromyscus MANICULATUS gracilis - KIDNEY

United States
1984-09-27

Michigan, MACKINAC

46.0147, -84.7235

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162444 - Peromyscus MANICULATUS gracilis - LIVER, KIDNEY

United States
1984-09-28

Michigan, MACKINAC

46.0147, -84.7235

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162468 - Microtus PENNSYLVANICUS PENNSYLVANICUS - OTHER

United States
1984-09-28

Michigan, MACKINAC

46.0147, -84.7235

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162761 - Spermophilus tridecemlineatus PALLIDUS - OTHER

United States
1984-06-03

Nebraska, HOLT

42.4622, -98.6555

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162790 - Spermophilus tridecemlineatus tridecemlineatus - OTHER

United States
1984-05-28

Nebraska, ANTELOPE

42.0698, -97.9685

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162804 - Spermophilus tridecemlineatus tridecemlineatus - BLOOD

United States
1984-06-01

Nebraska, MADISON

42.0488, -97.8325

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162848 - Spermophilus tridecemlineatus tridecemlineatus - BLOOD

United States
1984-06-02

Nebraska, PIERCE

42.206, -97.5618

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165006 - Myodes GAPPERI GAPPERI - OTHER

United States
1987-10-16

Michigan, OTSEGO

44.9037, -84.8057

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165054 - Peromyscus CALIFORNICUS CALIFORNICUS - SPLEEN, LIVER, KIDNEY, HEART

United States

California, San Luis Obispo

35.354057, -120.2618987

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165107 - Peromyscus MANICULATUS gracilis - LIVER

United States
1986-07-11

Michigan, CHARLEVOIX

45.7925, -85.3636

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165208 - Peromyscus LEUCOPUS noveboracensis - OTHER

United States
1988-09-21

Michigan, ANTRIM

44.8668, -84.8598

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165264 - Peromyscus LEUCOPUS - LIVER

United States
1988-09-29

Michigan, EMMET

45.5424, -84.0485

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165489 - Dipodomys heermanni GOLDMANI - BLOOD, LIVER

United States
1985-07-23

California, SAN BENITO

36.5197415, -121.193753

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165490 - Dipodomys heermanni GOLDMANI - BLOOD, LIVER, KIDNEY

United States
1985-07-23

California, SAN BENITO

36.5197415, -121.193753

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165700 - Peromyscus MANICULATUS - OTHER

United States
1986-05-04

Michigan, CHARLEVOIX

45.7244, -85.6719

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165707 - Peromyscus MANICULATUS gracilis - OTHER

United States
1986-05-06

Michigan, CHARLEVOIX

45.7244, -85.6719

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165739 - Peromyscus MANICULATUS gracilis - OTHER

United States
1986-05-04

Michigan, CHARLEVOIX

45.7244, -85.6719

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165835 - Peromyscus MANICULATUS NUBITERRAE - LIVER

United States
1987-01-07

West Virginia, RANDOLPH

38.7623, -79.7821

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165836 - Peromyscus MANICULATUS NUBITERRAE - LIVER

United States
1987-01-07

West Virginia, RANDOLPH

38.7792, -79.8369

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165866 - Peromyscus MANICULATUS gracilis - OTHER, LIVER

United States
1988-07-24

Michigan, CHARLEVOIX

45.6163, -85.5508

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165933 - Myodes GAPPERI CAROLINENSIS - OTHER

United States
1987-01-07

West Virginia, RANDOLPH

38.7623, -79.7821

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165953 - Peromyscus CALIFORNICUS CALIFORNICUS - OTHER

United States
1986-12-15

California, San Luis Obispo

Coordinates not available

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166000 - Holochilus vulpinus - LIVER

Paraguay
1989-07-28

PRESIDENTE HAYES

-25.08333, -57.75

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166004 - Holochilus vulpinus - LIVER, KIDNEY

Paraguay
1989-04-25

PRESIDENTE HAYES

-25.08333, -57.75

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