Desert ecosystems harbour unique and often cryptic assemblages of vertebrate fauna, many of which are understudied due to the logistical challenges of field work in remote, low-resource environments. Nevertheless, deserts cover approximately 17% of the earth’s land surface (Durant et.al., 2012), and fine-scale species distri bution data are essential for informed conserva tion planning, particularly as climate change accelerates ecological shifts in arid regions (Atlas of Namibia Team, 2022). Namibia's Kunene Region, encompassing the northern Namib Desert, is a centre of endemism and arid-adapted biodiversity (Simmons, Griffin, Griffin, Marais and Kolberg, 1998). Despite its ecological significance, small carnivores in this region remain poorly documented. While Namibia’s community-based natural resource management (CBNRM) framework has proven to be a viable approach to wildlife conservation in Kunene, monitoring efforts have largely focused on large-bodied, economically significant species (Jones, 2001; NACSO, 2023). Kunene is one of the few remaining unfenced landscapes in Africa that still supports a near intact guild of large carnivores in an arid system. This provides a unique opportunity to examine predator community structure and interspecific dynamics in a low-productivity environment. Documenting the distributions of lesser-known species is a critical step in this process. Here, we report opportunistic camera trap records of three small carnivores-aardwolf (Proteles cristatus, Werdelin, Kitchener, Abramov, Veron, G. and Do Linh San, 2021), small-spotted genet (Genetta genetta), and southern African wild cat (Felis lybica cafra) - in the Etendeka Concession of northwest Namibia, whose presence has otherwise been poorly documented in the region. Although these species are broadly distributed within Namibia, they are poorly repre sented in Red List assessments for the north west (NCE, LCMAN and MEFT, 2022). The records provided here supplement existing records based on incidental detections, demonstrating the scien tific value of non-target ('bycatch') detections (Williams et. al., 2021) in addressing regional knowledge shortfalls for advancing biodiversity monitoring in arid ecosystems. These data com plement a forthcoming manuscript focused on the broader large carnivore community in Etendeka and the surrounding landscape, focusing on detections of lion (Panthera leo, n = 425), spotted hyaena (Crocutacrocuta, n=274), brownhyaena (Parahyaenabrunnea, n=199), and black-backed jackal (Lupulella mesomelas, n = 353).