African Small Mammals (Macroscelidea and Rodentia) Housed at the National Museum of Natural History and Science (University of Lisbon, Portugal)
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Material and Methods
- Brief geographical and ecological description and the mammal diversity in the sub-Saharan countries: Mozambique, Angola, and Guinea-Bissau
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- Mozambique
- (ii)
- Angola
- (iii)
- Guinea-Bissau
- 2.
- The Small Mammal Collection
- (i)
- Each specimen was individually checked for labelling information, and corrections were made to the museum databases and digitized records when warranted;
- (ii)
- Specimens with missing information, particularly regarding species-level taxonomic identification, were discarded from the final description list and subsequent analyses unless this information could be completed;
- (iii)
- (iv)
- (v)
- Localities of occurrence were reviewed and, when needed, were updated to the current designation, using the GeoNames database (https://www.geonames.org/, accessed on 20 March 2025);
- (vi)
- To produce the final list, species were arranged alphabetically according to the hierarchy of taxonomic orders and families.
- 3.
- Completeness of the Collection
3. Results
3.1. The Sub-Saharan Mammal Collection
General Overview
3.2. Country Accounts
- (i)
- Mozambique
- (ii)
- Angola
- (iii)
- Guinea-Bissau
4. Discussion
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Order | Family | Previous Lists * | Final List # | MUHNAC Species | Completeness (%) |
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Mozambique | |||||
Macroscelidea N = 5 | Macroscelididae | 5 | 5 | 3 | 60 |
Rodentia N = 53 | Nesomyidae | 8 | 9 | 1 | 11.1 |
Muridae | 27 | 29 | 0 | 0 | |
Anomaluridae | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Pedetidae | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100 | |
Hystricidae | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100 | |
Thryonomyidae | 2 | 1 | 1 | 100 | |
Bathyergidae | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
Sciuridae | 5 | 5 | 2 | 40 | |
Gliridae | 3 | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | |
Angola | |||||
Macroscelidea N = 2 | Macroscelididae | 3 | 2 | 1 | 50 |
Rodentia N = 89 | Nesomyidae | 15 | 15 | 2 | 13 |
Muridae | 48 | 52 | 10 | 19 | |
Anomaluridae | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
Pedetidae | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Hystricidae | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Thryonomyidae | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Bathyergidae | 2 | 2 | 1 | 50 | |
Petromuridae | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Sciuridae | 9 | 8 | 1 | 12.5 | |
Gliridae | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
Guinea-Bissau | |||||
Rodentia N = 28 | Anomaluridae | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100 |
Nesomyidae | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100 | |
Muridae | 7 | 17 | 3 | 18 | |
Hystricidae | 1 | 2 | 1 | 50 | |
Thryonomyidae | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100 | |
Sciuridae | 4 | 4 | 4 | 100 | |
Gliridae | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Order/Family | Species | Common Name | IUCN | Trend | Location Province/Region | Location Locality and Coordinates |
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Mozambique | ||||||
MACROSCELIDEA | Elephantulus brachyrhynchus (Smith 1836) | Short-snouted sengi | LC | NK | LNK (3) | |
Macroscelididae | Rhynchocyon cirnei (Peters 1847) | Chequered sengi | LC | D | Niassa (1) | LNK (1) |
Petrodromus tetradactylus (Peters 1846) | Four-toed sengi | LC | NK | Sofala (4) | Gorongosa (4) 18°40′32″ S/34°4′22″ E | |
RODENTIA Pedetidae | Pedetes capensis (Forster 1778) | Spring hare | LC | NK | LNK (4) | |
Nesomyidae | Saccostomus cf.campestris (Peters 1846) | South African pouched mouse | LC | S | Sofala (1) | Gorongosa (1) 18°40′32″ S/34°4′22″ E |
Hystricidae | Hystrix africaeaustralis (Peters 1852) | Cape porcupine | LC | S | LNK (1) | |
Thryonomyidae | Thryonomys swinderianus (Temminck 1827) | Greater cane rat | LC | NK | Maputo (2) | Maputo (2) 25°57′55″ S/32°34′59″ E |
Sciuridae | Heliosciurus gambianus (Ogilby 1835) | Gambian sun squirrel | LC | NK | Sofala (1) | Gorongosa (1) 18°40′32″ S/34°4′22″ E |
Paraxerus cepapi (A. Smith 1836) | Smith’s bush squirrel | LC | S | LNK (2) | ||
Paraxerus palliates (Peters 1852) | Red bush squirrel | LC | NK | LNK (4) | ||
Gliridae | Graphiurus murinus (Desmarest 1822) | Woodland dormouse | LC | S | Maputo (1) | Maputo (1) 25°57′55″ S/32°34′59″ E |
Angola | ||||||
MACROSCELIDEA Macroscelididae | Elephantulus brachyrhynchus (Smith 1836) | Short-snouted sengi | LC | NK | Moxico (2) | Cameia (2) 11°41′26″ S/20°50′21″ E |
RODENTIA Nesomyidae | Saccostomus cf. campestris (Peters 1846) | Southern african pouched mouse | LC | S | Huambo (1) | Calombe (1) 11°50′16″ S/19°55′3″ E |
Steatomys pratensis (Peters 1846) | Fat mouse | LC | S | Moxico (4) | Cameia (4) 11°41′26″ S/20°50′21″ E | |
Lunda Norte (1) | LNK(1) | |||||
Muridae | Aethomys kaiseri (Noak 1887) | Kaiser’s rock rat | LC | NK | Malanje (2) | Quimbango (1) 10°57′49″ S/17°34′28″ E Mulundo (1) 11°23′18″ S/17°43′47″ E |
Aethomys thomasi (de Winton 1897) | Thomas’s rock rat | LC | NK | Huíla (3) | Humpata (3) 15°4′21″ S/13°22′3″ E | |
Cuando Cubango (10) | Cuchi (10) 14°38′14″ S/16°57′39″ E | |||||
Dasymys cf. incomtus (Sundevall 1847) | African marsh rat | LC | NK | Malanje (5) | Quimbango (5) 10°57′49″ S/17°34′28″ E | |
Cuanza Sul (6) | Mussende (6) 10°12′46″ S/15°58′34″ E | |||||
Huambo (2) | Massano de Amorim (2) 12°21′13″ S/15°6′8″ E | |||||
Cuando Cubango (1) | Dirico (1) 17°30′0″ S/20°50′0″ E | |||||
Dasymys nudipes (Peters 1870) | Angolan shaggy rat | DD | NK | Cuando Cubango (4) | Dirico (1) 17°30′0″ S/20°50′0″ E Cuchi (3) 14°38′14″ S/16°57′39″ E | |
Huíla (7) | LNK (1) Cuvango (1) 14°27′56″ S/16°17′32″ E Humpata (5) 15°4′21″ S/13°22′3″ E | |||||
Huambo (1) | Massano de amorim (1) 12°21′13″ S/15°6′8″ E | |||||
Gerbilliscus leucogaster (Peters 1852) | Bushveld gerbil | LC | S | Huíla (19) | Humpata (8) 15°4′21″ S/13°22′3″ E Quiteve (11) 16°1′4″ S/15°11′6″ E | |
Malanje (11) | Quimbango (2) 10°57′49″ S/17°34′28″ E Mulundo (9) 11°23′18″ S/17°43′47″ E | |||||
Cunene (10) | Naulila (10) 17°12′6″ S/14°40′50″ E | |||||
Namibe (9) | Moçamedes (9) 15°11′46″ S/12°9′8″ E | |||||
Benguela (1) | Farta (1) 13°8′54″ S/13°6′16″ E | |||||
Moxico (3) | Cameia (1) 11°41′26″ S/20°50′21″ E Lago Dilolo (2) 11°30′15″ S/22°0′52″ E | |||||
Gerbilliscus validus (Bocage 1890) | Savanna gerbil | LC | S | Malanje (14) | Luando (2) 11°0′51″ S/17°39′9″ E Quimbango (13) 10°57′49″ S/17°34′28″ E | |
Lemniscomys griselda (Thomas 1904) | Griselda’s striped grass mouse | LC | S | Cunene (1) | Nehome (1) | |
Huila (6) | LNK (2) Quiteve (4) 16°1′4″ S/15°11′6″ E | |||||
Malanje (8) | Quimbango (4) 10°57′49″ S/17°34′28″ E Mulundo (2) 11°23′18″ S/17°43′47″ E Xandel (2) 9°23′11″ S/17°11′39″ E | |||||
Cuanza Sul (7) | LNK (1) Cariango (2) 10°34′50″ S/15°19′46″ E Carilahongo (1) 10°45′45″ S/14°15′27″ E Ebo (1) 10°55′45″ S/14°44′41″ E Ipumba (1) 10°45′16″ S/14°12′6″ E Seles (1) 11°29′54″ S/14°29′23″ E | |||||
Benguela (1) | Chongoroi (1) 13°35′21″ S/13°48′44″ E | |||||
Moxico (3) | Calombe (1) 11°50′16″ S/19°55′3″ E Cameia (2) 11°41′26″ S/20°50′21″ E | |||||
Lemniscomys striatus (Linnaeus 1758) | Typical striped grass mouse | LC | I | Uíge (20) | LNK (2) 31 de Janeiro (1) 6°53′53″ S/15°19′26″ E Banza Tumba(1) 6°28′28″ S/14°59′50″ E Cabinda (7) 7°19′20″ S/15°5′19″ E Lucunga (1) 7°34′0″ S/15°17′0″ E Negage (6) 7°45′33″ S/15°16′19″ E Quitexe (1) 7°56′24″ S/15°2′26″ E Songo (1) 7°8′0″ S/14°47′21″ E | |
Malanje (4) | Xandel (2) 9°23′11″ S/17°11′39″ E Quizenga (2) 6°47′40″ S/15°31′49″ E | |||||
Cabinda (5) | Cabinda (5) 5°33′43″ S/12°11′41″ E | |||||
Moxico (4) | Calombe (1) 11°50′16″ S/19°55′3″ E Cameia (3) 11°41′26″ S/20°50′21″ E | |||||
Pelomys fallax (Peters 1852) | Creek groove-toothed swamp rat | LC | NK | Moxico (1) | Cameia (3) 11°41′26″S/20°50′21″ E | |
Bathyergidae | Fukomys mechowii (Peters 1881) | Mechow’s mole-rat | LC | S | Moxico (1) | Calombe (1) 11°50′16″ S/19°55′3″ E |
Sciuridae | Funisciurus congicus (Kuhl 1820) | Congo rope squirrel | LC | S | LNK (1) | |
Guinea-Bissau | ||||||
RODENTIA Anomaluridae | Anomalurus beecrofti (Fraser 1853) | Beecroft’s scaly-tailed squirrel | LC | NK | LNK (1) | |
Nesomyidae | Cricetomys gambianus (Waterhouse 1840) | Northern giant pouched rat | LC | S | Tombali (1) | Cacine (1) 11°7′0″ N/15°1′0″ W |
LNK (2) | ||||||
Muridae | Arvicanthis ansorgei (Thomas 1910) | Sudanian grass rat | LC | NK | Biombo (4) | Tor (4) 11°51′0″ N/15°54′0″ W |
Cacheu (1) | Canchungo (1) 12°26′0″ N/16°5′0″ W | |||||
Mastomys natalensis (Smith 1834) | Natal multimammate mouse | Biombo (1) | Tor (1) 11°51′0″ N/15°54′0″ W | |||
Bafatá (1) | Chitole (1) 11°44′0″ N/14°49′0″ W | |||||
Cacheu (4) | Canchungo (4) 12°26′0″ N/16°5′0″ W | |||||
Tombali (1) | Cacine (1) 11°7′0″ N/15°1′0″ W | |||||
LNK (2) | ||||||
Uranomys ruddi (Dollman 1909) | Rudd’s mouse | LC | D | Oio (1) | Bissorã (1) 12°13′23″ N/15°26′51″ W | |
Hystricidae | Hystrix cristata (Linnaeus 1758) | Crested porcupine | LC | NK | Bissau (2) | Bissau (2) 11°51′48″ N/15°35′51″ W |
Thryonomyidae | Thryonomys swinderianus (Temminck 1827) | Greater cane rat | LC | NK | LNK (2) | |
Sciuridae | Funisciurus pyrropus (F. Cuvier 1833) | Fire-footed rope squirrel | LC | S | LNK (4) | |
Heliosciurus gambianus (Ogilby 1835) | Gambian sun squirrel | LC | NK | Bafatá (2) | LNK (2) | |
LNK (23) | ||||||
Heliosciurus rufobrachium (Waterhouse 1842) | Red-legged sun squirrel | LC | NK | LNK (7) | ||
Bafatá (1) | LNK (1) | |||||
Oio (1) | LNK (1) | |||||
Xerus erythropus (Desmarest 1817) | Striped ground squirrel | LC | NK | Biombo (1) | Tor (1) 11°51′0″ N/15°54′0″ W | |
LNK (15) |
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Mathias, M.d.L.; Monarca, R.I. African Small Mammals (Macroscelidea and Rodentia) Housed at the National Museum of Natural History and Science (University of Lisbon, Portugal). Diversity 2025, 17, 485. https://doi.org/10.3390/d17070485
Mathias MdL, Monarca RI. African Small Mammals (Macroscelidea and Rodentia) Housed at the National Museum of Natural History and Science (University of Lisbon, Portugal). Diversity. 2025; 17(7):485. https://doi.org/10.3390/d17070485
Chicago/Turabian StyleMathias, Maria da Luz, and Rita I. Monarca. 2025. "African Small Mammals (Macroscelidea and Rodentia) Housed at the National Museum of Natural History and Science (University of Lisbon, Portugal)" Diversity 17, no. 7: 485. https://doi.org/10.3390/d17070485
APA StyleMathias, M. d. L., & Monarca, R. I. (2025). African Small Mammals (Macroscelidea and Rodentia) Housed at the National Museum of Natural History and Science (University of Lisbon, Portugal). Diversity, 17(7), 485. https://doi.org/10.3390/d17070485