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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134932 - Peromyscus MANICULATUS blandus - LIVER

United States
1939-09-12

New Mexico, Otero

Coordinates not available

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170280 - Peromyscus MANICULATUS gracilis - REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS, SPLEEN, LIVER, KIDNEY, HEART

United States
1993-08-14

Michigan, CHARLEVOIX

45.8113, -85.6116

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170320 - Peromyscus MANICULATUS gracilis - REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS, SPLEEN, LIVER, KIDNEY, HEART

United States
1993-08-30

Michigan, OTSEGO

45.1051, -84.4196

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170345 - Peromyscus MANICULATUS gracilis - REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS, SPLEEN, LIVER, KIDNEY, HEART

United States
1993-08-30

Michigan, OTSEGO

45.1051, -84.4196

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174827 - Akodon MONTENSIS - MUSCLE, LIVER

Paraguay
1999-09-24

Neembucu

Coordinates not available

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133936 - Scapteromys TUMIDUS TUMIDUS - LIVER

Paraguay
1979-08-06

PRESIDENTE HAYES

-24.9468, -57.73494

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156778 - Rousettus amplexicaudatus AMPLEXICAUDATUS - OTHER

Philippines
1981-04-12

QUEZON, LUZON ID

14.05, 121.45

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165837 - Peromyscus MANICULATUS NUBITERRAE - OTHER

United States
1987-01-07

West Virginia, RANDOLPH

38.7792, -79.8369

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167652 - Rhinolophus ferrumequinum [greater horseshoe bat] - OTHER

Pakistan
1990-04-14

NW FRONTIER

35.0, 72.5

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169568 - Peromyscus MANICULATUS gracilis - SPLEEN, LIVER, KIDNEY, HEART

United States
1991-07-17

Michigan, ALGER

46.5894, -86.2712

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169569 - Peromyscus MANICULATUS gracilis - SPLEEN, LIVER, KIDNEY, HEART

United States
1991-07-17

Michigan, ALGER

46.5894, -86.2712

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134009 - Lutreolina crassicaudata [Lutrine Opossum] - OTHER

Paraguay
1979-07-09

Canindeyu

-24.45, -55.65

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170412 - Peromyscus MANICULATUS gracilis - REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS, SPLEEN, LIVER, KIDNEY, HEART

United States
1993-09-22

Michigan, LEELANAU

45.4307, -85.8581

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170449 - Peromyscus LEUCOPUS noveboracensis - SPLEEN, LIVER, KIDNEY, HEART

United States
1993-08-30

Michigan, OTSEGO

45.1015, -84.4249

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171477 - Peromyscus MANICULATUS gracilis - OTHER

United States
1994-10-23

Michigan, LEELANAU

45.4148, -85.8458

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171498 - Peromyscus MANICULATUS gracilis - OTHER

United States
1994-11-03

Michigan, OTSEGO

45.1051, -84.4196

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171631 - Peromyscus MANICULATUS gracilis - OTHER, REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS, SPLEEN, LIVER, KIDNEY, HEART

United States
1994-11-07

Michigan, LEELANAU

45.4148, -85.8458

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171650 - Peromyscus MANICULATUS gracilis - OTHER, REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS, SPLEEN, LIVER, KIDNEY, HEART

United States
1994-11-09

Michigan, CHARLEVOIX

45.8113, -85.6116

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171785 - Peromyscus MANICULATUS gracilis - OTHER

United States
1994-11-14

Michigan, LEELANAU

45.4148, -85.8458

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125495 - Holochilus vulpinus - LIVER

Paraguay
1977-08-06

Misiones

-27.34943, -56.80331

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133762 - Eumops dabbenei [big bonneted bat] - OTHER

Paraguay
1979-08-04

PRESIDENTE HAYES

-24.9468, -57.73494

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133768 - Cynomops ABRASUS CERASTES - OTHER

Paraguay
1979-08-05

PRESIDENTE HAYES

-24.9468, -57.73494

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133778 - Myotis nigricans [black myotis] - OTHER

Paraguay
1979-08-08

PRESIDENTE HAYES

-24.9468, -57.73494

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133800 - Cerradomys SUBFLAVUS - LIVER

Paraguay
1979-07-20

Canindeyu

-24.45, -55.65

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133804 - Hylaeamys MEGACEPHALUS CAPITO - LIVER, KIDNEY

Paraguay
1979-07-09

Canindeyu

-24.45, -55.65

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