Meerkat staring into the distance

Adult meerkat in typical lookout position for danger, food and competition.

414Mammals
66Meerkat
67Rhenen Zoo
66Suricata suricatta
485Zoo

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Bull Frog

Great photo! Has it been taken at a zoo or in the Africa? Posted 14 years ago
1. Ferdy Christant
  
  Lion
  
  Thanks! This one was in the Rhenen zoo in the Netherlands :) Posted 14 years ago

The Meerkat

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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Similar species: Carnivorans

Species identified by Ferdy Christant