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Meerkat A Meerkat on guard duty. Disney World,Meerkat,Suricata suricatta Click/tap to enlarge Species intro

Meerkat

A Meerkat on guard duty.

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  1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
    Ferdy Christant
    Lion
    View Lion class
    Welcome to JungleDragon, Coelho! And thanks for your first submission, looking very funny. Posted 14 years ago
  2. View Wendy's profile
    Wendy
    Lion
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    Haha indeed a very funny shot :)
    Love those meerkats!     Posted 14 years ago
  3. View Jorge Coelho's profile
    Jorge Coelho
    Bullet Ant
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    Thank you. This was taken in the Animal Kingdom at Disney World where they have a Meerkat habitat. It's fascinating to just sit there and watch them for hours. Posted 14 years ago

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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
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By Jorge Coelho

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Uploaded Apr 13, 2011. Captured Apr 3, 2009 17:19.
  • Canon EOS 50D
  • f/7
  • 1/395s
  • ISO100
  • 238mm

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