University of Michigan Museum of Zoology, Division of Mammals

Occurrence Specimen
Latest version published by University of Michigan Museum of Zoology on Jan 2, 2026 University of Michigan Museum of Zoology

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Description

Through the efforts of University of Michigan faculty-curators and staff, the Museum of Zoology (UMMZ) develops and maintains excellent zoological collections explicitly for use in research and education benefiting science, society, and the university.</br></br> The Mammal Division of the Museum of Zoology was established in 1837, and has grown steadily to its current size, with over 150,000 specimens. An important feature of the mammal collection at the Museum of Zoology is our emphasis on non-traditional specimens; that is, preparations that go beyond or replace the traditional skin and skull. Our fluid collection numbers over 15,000 specimens.</br></br>

Data Records

The data in this occurrence resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 128,072 records.

2 extension data tables also exist. An extension record supplies extra information about a core record. The number of records in each extension data table is illustrated below.

Occurrence (core)
128072
ResourceRelationship 
174797
Identification 
131086

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Versions

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How to cite

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UMMZ Mammal Collection

Rights

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The publisher and rights holder of this work is University of Michigan Museum of Zoology. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC 4.0) License.

GBIF Registration

This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 6d2cfc0a-9903-40b8-802b-403398218e4a.  University of Michigan Museum of Zoology publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by GBIF-US.

Keywords

Occurrence; Specimen; Occurrence

Contacts

UMMZ Mammals Data Group
  • Originator
  • Point Of Contact
UM MUSEUM OF ZOOLOGY
  • 3600 Varsity Drive
48108 ANN ARBOR
Michigan
US
  • 734.764.0476
Admins LSA IT
  • Metadata Provider
  • Point Of Contact
UM College of LSA
US

Additional Metadata

Alternative Identifiers 6d2cfc0a-9903-40b8-802b-403398218e4a
https://ipt.lsa.umich.edu/resource?r=ummz_mammals