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The meerkat or suricate (Suricata suricatta), is a small mammal belonging to the mongoose family. 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.

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Filename: Meerkat (Suricata suricatta) 003.jpg
Copyright: Shannon Wild
Image Size: 7360x4912 / 6.5MB; Botswana Mammal Wild Wildlife Meerkat Shannon Wild South Africa Fauna Africa Animal cute Namibia Shannon Benson
Contained in galleries: AFRICAN ARCHIVE, WILDLIFE ARCHIVE

The meerkat or suricate (Suricata suricatta), is a small mammal belonging to the mongoose family. 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.