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.

UMMZ Division of Mammals Division Page

UMMZ Division of Mammals Policy Page

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173749 - Pudu - OTHER

United States

Michigan, Wayne Co.

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173667 - Ailurus fulgens [Red Panda] - OTHER

United States
1999-08-18

Michigan, Wayne Co.

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173747 - Gulo gulo [Wolverine] - OTHER

United States

Michigan, Wayne Co.

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173727 - Martes americana americana - OTHER

United States

Michigan

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173745 - Lontra canadensis canadensis - OTHER

United States

Michigan, Wayne Co.

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174454 - Rattus tiomanicus - OTHER

Indonesia
1999-08-20

West Kalimantan, Ketapang Regency

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173664 - Tamias speciosus SPECIOSUS - OTHER

United States
1999-10-26

California, Los Angeles

34.3679161, -117.8021031

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169140 - Artibeus lituratus [great fruit-eating bat] - OTHER

Colombia
1968-05-22

VALLE DEL CAUCA

3.31667, -76.48333

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176886 - Gorilla gorilla [gorilla] - OTHER

United States
2006-04-11

Ohio, HAMILTON

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177915 - Mus - OTHER

Germany
2001-09-04

Saxony

51.14367, 12.52251

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177906 - Mus - OTHER

Germany
2001-09-04

Saxony

51.39358, 12.77171

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177918 - Mus - OTHER

Germany
2001-09-04

Saxony

51.39358, 12.77171

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177920 - Mus - OTHER

Germany
2001-09-04

Saxony

51.39358, 12.77171

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174565 - Aethalops alecto [pygmy fruit bat] - OTHER

Indonesia
1998-11-19

West Kalimantan, Sintang Regency

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174566 - Aethalops alecto [pygmy fruit bat] - OTHER

Indonesia
1998-11-20

West Kalimantan, Sintang Regency

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176381 - Akodon AEROSUS - OTHER

Peru
2005-07-01

San Martín

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164058 - Spermophilus tridecemlineatus tridecemlineatus - OTHER

United States
1985-06-02

Nebraska, STANTON

41.9494, -97.221

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176382 - Akodon AEROSUS - OTHER

Peru
2005-07-01

San Martín

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176410 - Akodon AEROSUS - OTHER

Peru
2005-07-05

San Martín

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176422 - Akodon AEROSUS - OTHER

Peru
2005-07-07

San Martín

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176443 - Akodon AEROSUS - OTHER

Peru
2005-07-09

San Martín

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176451 - Akodon AEROSUS - OTHER

Peru
2005-07-09

San Martín

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176452 - Akodon AEROSUS - OTHER

Peru
2005-07-10

San Martín

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176469 - Akodon AEROSUS - OTHER

Peru
2005-07-12

San Martín

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176470 - Akodon AEROSUS - OTHER

Peru
2005-07-12

San Martín

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