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Meerkat sideview Curious as always this meerkat surveys its environment for danger and food. Mammals,Meerkat,Suricata suricatta Click/tap to enlarge

Meerkat sideview

Curious as always this meerkat surveys its environment for danger and food.

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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 DragonC
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By Barry

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Uploaded May 30, 2011. Captured Jul 27, 2010 17:17.
  • Canon EOS 500D
  • f/5.7
  • 1/197s
  • ISO1250
  • 187mm