Order Carnivora Author Wilson, Don E. Author Reeder, DeeAnn text 2005 The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1 532 628 book chapter 0-8018-8221-4 10.5281/zenodo.7316519 Mustela subpalmata Hemprich and Ehrenberg 1833 Mustela subpalmata Hemprich and Ehrenberg 1833 , Herpestes leucurus "; k verso">Symb. Phys. Icon., Mamm. 3, 2: in: " Herpestes leucurus "; k verso . Type Locality: "In domibus aegyptiacis Cahirae et Alexandriae murium vulgaris socius" . Vernacular Names: Egyptian Weasel . Distribution: Egypt . Conservation: Recognized as a separate species by van Zyll de Jong (1992) , Reig (1997) , and Abramov and Baryshnikov (1999) .