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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134273 - Myotis riparius [riparian myotis] - OTHER

Paraguay
1979-07-04

CAAGUAZU

-24.9665, -56.52444

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134272 - Myotis riparius [riparian myotis] - OTHER

Paraguay
1979-07-03

CAAGUAZU

-24.9665, -56.52444

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134340 - Oligoryzomys FORNESI - LIVER

Paraguay
1979-08-26

Misiones

-27.36667, -56.81667

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134435 - Scapteromys TUMIDUS TUMIDUS - OTHER

Paraguay
1979-08-26

Misiones

-27.36667, -56.81667

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146476 - Eumops dabbenei [big bonneted bat] - OTHER

Paraguay
1979-08-04

PRESIDENTE HAYES

-24.9468, -57.73494

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146477 - Eumops dabbenei [big bonneted bat] - OTHER

Paraguay
1979-08-08

PRESIDENTE HAYES

-24.9468, -57.73494

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158321 - Geomys bursarius BURSARIUS - OTHER

United States
1980-10-07

Nebraska, ANTELOPE

42.0783, -97.9116

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158339 - Geomys bursarius BURSARIUS - OTHER

United States
1980-10-06

Nebraska, ANTELOPE

42.0783, -97.9116

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158340 - Geomys bursarius BURSARIUS - OTHER

United States
1980-10-06

Nebraska, ANTELOPE

42.0783, -97.9116

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158322 - Geomys bursarius LUTESCENS - OTHER

United States
1980-10-10

Nebraska, ANTELOPE

42.0198, -98.2142

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158323 - Geomys BURSARIUS X LUTESCENS - OTHER

United States
1980-10-08

Nebraska, ANTELOPE

42.0702, -97.9864

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156967 - Macroglossus minimus LAGOCHILUS - KIDNEY

Philippines
1981-06-15

NEGROS ORIENTAL, NEGROS ID

9.35, 123.16667

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134932 - Peromyscus MANICULATUS blandus - LIVER

United States
1939-09-12

New Mexico, Otero

Coordinates not available

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146503 - Procyon cancrivorus nigripes - OTHER

Paraguay
1979-07-28

PRESIDENTE HAYES

-23.88226, -59.24443

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156754 - Ptenochirus jagori [greater musky fruit bat] - OTHER

Philippines
1981-07-06

LEYTE, MARIPIPI ID

11.7924, 124.31957

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156778 - Rousettus amplexicaudatus AMPLEXICAUDATUS - OTHER

Philippines
1981-04-12

QUEZON, LUZON ID

14.05, 121.45

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156784 - Rousettus amplexicaudatus AMPLEXICAUDATUS - OTHER

Philippines
1981-04-12

QUEZON, LUZON ID

14.05, 121.45

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154663 - Geomys bursarius BURSARIUS - SPLEEN, LIVER, HEART

United States
1980-05-14

Nebraska, ANTELOPE

42.0603, -97.9397

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154665 - Geomys bursarius LUTESCENS - SPLEEN, LIVER, HEART

United States
1980-05-12

Nebraska, ANTELOPE

42.0669, -97.9926

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154666 - Geomys bursarius LUTESCENS - SPLEEN, LIVER, HEART

United States
1980-05-12

Nebraska, ANTELOPE

42.0525, -97.9926

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162379 - Blarina brevicauda kirtlandi - LIVER

United States
1984-09-27

Michigan, MACKINAC

46.0147, -84.7235

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158358 - Geomys bursarius BURSARIUS - OTHER

United States
1980-10-10

Nebraska, ANTELOPE

42.0783, -97.9116

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158341 - Geomys bursarius LUTESCENS - OTHER

United States
1980-10-11

Nebraska, ANTELOPE

42.0597, -98.0263

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158359 - Geomys bursarius LUTESCENS - OTHER

United States
1980-10-10

Nebraska, ANTELOPE

42.0198, -98.2142

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158611 - Geomys bursarius LUTESCENS - OTHER

United States
1980-10-11

Nebraska, ANTELOPE

42.0598, -98.0359

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