[2] However, results of a phylogenetic study indicate that mitochondrial DNA supports the Egyptian weasel to be an isolated population of Mustela nivalis, namely the subspecies numidica, which occurs in other parts of the Mediterranean basin, rather than a distinct species, or even a subspecies.

[5] Sizes for the Egyptian weasel are:[5] The Egyptian weasel occurs in northern Egypt from Alexandria eastward to Port Said and southward through the delta and as far south as Beni Suef, located 115 km (71 mi) south of Cairo.

[1] The Egyptian weasel is omnivorous and includes a significant amount (~50%) of vegetables and fruit in its diet, as well as waste human food and animals including rodents, chicks of poultry, rabbits, fish and insects.

The females gives birth in her nest to a litter of between four and nine young, up to three times a year, if food supply allows.

Future potential threats are chemicals such as rodenticides, predation by domestic dogs and diseases.