Table 1. List of the sampled museums.
| Museum | City | Code | Samples (cytb) | Success rate (%) |
| Amathole Museum | King Williamstown | KM | 44 (8) | 18 |
| National Museum | Bloemfontein | NMB | 16 (14) | 88 |
| Durban Natural Science Museum | Durban | DM | 20 (8) | 40 |
| Iziko Museum | Cape Town | ZM | 17 (5) | 29 |
| McGregor Museum | Kimberley | mmK/m/ | 14 (9) | 64 |
| Transvaal Museum | Pretoria | TM | 43 (24) | 56 |
| All | 154 (68) | 44 |
Number of pygmy mouse samples (skin or skull) tested for each of the six museums. Those that produced pygmy mouse cytb sequences are indicated in brackets.