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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158612 - Geomys bursarius LUTESCENS - OTHER

United States
1980-05-12

Nebraska, ANTELOPE

42.0702, -97.9926

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158613 - Geomys bursarius LUTESCENS - OTHER

United States
1980-05-12

Nebraska, ANTELOPE

42.0669, -97.9926

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158343 - Geomys BURSARIUS X LUTESCENS - OTHER

United States
1980-10-09

Nebraska, ANTELOPE

42.0702, -97.9864

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158360 - Geomys BURSARIUS X LUTESCENS - OTHER

United States
1980-10-09

Nebraska, ANTELOPE

42.0702, -97.9864

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158614 - Geomys BURSARIUS X LUTESCENS - OTHER

United States
1980-06-26

Nebraska, ANTELOPE

42.0669, -97.9884

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158342 - Geomys BURSARIUS X LUTESCENS - OTHER

United States
1980-10-09

Nebraska, ANTELOPE

42.0702, -97.9864

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160465 - Lestoros inca [Incan Caenolestid] - OTHER

Peru
1984-05-16

CUZCO

-13.14967, -71.2937

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160466 - Lestoros inca [Incan Caenolestid] - OTHER

Peru
1984-05-16

CUZCO

-13.14967, -71.2937

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158350 - Onychomys LEUCOGASTER ARCTICEPS - OTHER

United States
1980-10-10

Nebraska, ANTELOPE

42.0597, -98.0263

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160344 - Taphozous melanopogon [black-bearded tomb bat] - LIVER

Philippines
1984-06-10

NEGROS ORIENTAL, NEGROS ID

9.7528, 123.16667

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162380 - Blarina brevicauda kirtlandi - KIDNEY

United States
1984-09-28

Michigan, MACKINAC

46.0147, -84.7235

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162439 - Glaucomys sabrinus MACROTIS - LIVER

United States
1984-09-27

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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162441 - Peromyscus MANICULATUS gracilis - KIDNEY

United States
1984-09-27

Michigan, MACKINAC

46.0147, -84.7235

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162443 - Peromyscus MANICULATUS gracilis - LIVER

United States
1984-09-27

Michigan, MACKINAC

46.0147, -84.7235

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162392 - Sorex cinereus cinereus - LIVER

United States
1984-09-27

Michigan, MACKINAC

46.0147, -84.7235

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162393 - Sorex cinereus cinereus - KIDNEY

United States
1984-09-27

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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162773 - Spermophilus tridecemlineatus PALLIDUS - OTHER

United States
1984-05-26

Nebraska, ANTELOPE

42.1234, -98.0259

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162774 - Spermophilus tridecemlineatus PALLIDUS - OTHER

United States
1984-05-26

Nebraska, ANTELOPE

42.1234, -98.0259

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162776 - Spermophilus tridecemlineatus PALLIDUS - OTHER

United States
1984-05-26

Nebraska, ANTELOPE

42.1234, -98.0259

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162777 - Spermophilus tridecemlineatus [thirteen-lined ground squirrel] - OTHER

United States
1984-05-26

Nebraska, ANTELOPE

Coordinates not available

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162425 - Tamiasciurus hudsonicus LOQUAX - OTHER

United States
1984-09-27

Michigan, MACKINAC

46.0147, -84.7235

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162428 - Tamiasciurus hudsonicus LOQUAX - LIVER

United States
1984-09-29

Michigan, OTSEGO

44.8816, -84.8454

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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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