Mustela subpalmata

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	MAMMALIA	CARNIVORA	MUSTELIDAE

Scientific Name:

Mustela subpalmata

Species Authority:

Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1833

Common Name/s:

English

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Egyptian Weasel

Taxonomic Notes:

Recognized as a separate species by van Zyll de Jong (1992), Reig (1997), and Abramov and Baryshnikov (2000). Treated as a separate species by Wozencraft (2005) and McDonald (in press).

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Least Concern ver 3.1

Year Published:

2008

Assessor/s:

McDonald, R. & Hoffmann, M.

Reviewer/s:

Duckworth, J.W. (Small Carnivore Red List Authority) and Hoffmann, M. (Global Mammal Assessment Team)

Contributor/s:

Justification:
Listed as Least Concern as although it has a restricted distribution in the Nile Delta of Egypt (though not believed small enough to meet the threshold for the B criterion), the species is common and adaptable, commensal with humans, and there are currently no known major threats.

History:

2003	–	Not Evaluated (IUCN 2003)
2003	–	Not Evaluated

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Confined to the lower Nile Valley of Egypt, between Beni Suef in the south and Alexandria and the Delta in the north (Handwerk 1993, McDonald in press).
Countries:	Native: Egypt
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Population [top]

Population:	Common to abundant; densities of 0.5–1.0/ha have been estimated from trapping (Handwerk 1993). Opportunistic feeders.
Population Trend:	Stable

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	Commensal with humans, and often trapped in human habitations, including underground larders and even in cars (McDonald in press).
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	There are no known major threats to the species.

Major Threat(s):

There are no known major threats to the species.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	This species is a human commensal, and no conservation measures apparently are currently needed.

Conservation Actions:

This species is a human commensal, and no conservation measures apparently are currently needed.

Citation:	McDonald, R. & Hoffmann, M. 2008. Mustela subpalmata. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 23 May 2013.
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