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mammal. For other uses, see Meerkat (disambiguation). "Meerkats"
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Tswalu Kalahari Reserve, South Africa Conservation status
Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia Order: Carnivora Family: Herpestidae Genus:
Suricata Desmarest, 1804 Species: S. suricatta Binomial name
Suricata suricatta (Schreber, 1776) Meerkat Area.svg Meerkat
range  The meerkat or suricate, Suricata suricatta, is a small
carnivoran belonging to the mongoose family (Herpestidae). It is
the only member of the genus Suricata.[2] 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.
A group of meerkats is called