Meerkat
Suricata suricatta / Meerkat
- Habitat
- Open, dry savannahs
- Continent
- Africa
- Food
- Insects, spiders, scorpions and small vertebrates
- Gestation/breeding period
- 70 days
- Mode of life
- small family groups with dominant alpha females
- Class
- Mammals
- Order
- Carnivora
Key facts
~ 30 cm
size
~ 1 kg
weight
~ 15 years
age
How endangered are Meerkats?
by IUCN (Red List of Threatened Species)
- Not evaluated
- Data deficient
-
Least concern Least concern - Near threatened
- Vulnerable
- Endangered
- Critically endangered
- Extinct in the wild
- Extinct
Did you know?
In case of danger, the meerkat emits a characteristic bark that warns the other animals in the colony.
Meerkat on the zoo tour
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