Meerkat

Meerkat
Suricata suricatta / Meerkat

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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.

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