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Meerkat A meerkat in the zoo, Tokyo. Geotagged,Japan,Meerkat,Suricata suricatta,Winter Click/tap to enlarge Country intro

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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.

Similar species: Carnivorans
Species identified by aloaaron
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By Sabine Horvath

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Uploaded Apr 29, 2015. Captured Mar 20, 2014 16:44 in 2352 Daimon, Nagawa-machi, Chiisagata-gun, Nagano-ken 386-0601, Japan.
  • DMC-LZ30
  • f/4.2
  • 1/60s
  • ISO400
  • 49.7mm