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This study examines the collection, updates the small mammal species lists for each country, and highlights its importance as a historical baseline for biodiversity research. Rodents dominate the collection, reflecting their natural abundance and diversity, while Macroscelidea are less represented. The Angolan subset of the collection has the highest number of both specimens and species represented. Mozambique is underrepresented, and the Guinea-Bissau subset offers an extensive rodent representation of the country\u2019s inventory. The most well-represented species are Gerbilliscus leucogaster, Lemniscomys striatus, Lemniscomys griselda (from Angola), and Heliosciurus gambianus (from Guinea-Bissau). Notably, the collection includes the neo-paratype of Dasymys nudipes (from Angola). Most species are common and not currently threatened, with geographic origin corresponding to savanna and forest habitats. These findings underscore the importance of integrating historical data and current biodiversity assessments to support multidisciplinary studies on target species, regions, or countries. 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