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Meerkat
Suricata suricatta
48.8075, 9.20467
Field Notes
Description:
The meerkat is a small mammal belonging to the mongoose family. The meerkat is a small diurnal herpestid (mongoose) weighing on average about 731 grams (1.61 lb) for males and 720 grams (1.6 lb) for females. Its long slender body and limbs give it a body length of 25 to 35 centimetres (9.8 to 14 in) and an added tail length of 17 to 25 centimetres (6.7 to 9.8 in).
Habitat:
Meerkats live in all parts of the Kalahari Desert in Botswana, in much of the Namib Desert in Namibia and southwestern Angola, and in South Africa.
Notes:
Found at the Wilhelma Zoo in Stuttgart, Germany.
Species ID Suggestions
Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedJuly 14, 2013
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