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Also Known As slender-tailed meerkat • mierkat • suricate • slender-tailed mierkat • Suricata suricatta

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Meerkat, or suricate (Suricata suricatta).
Five meerkats (Suricata suricatta) stand upright on sandy ground, alert and facing different directions, with a blurred brown background.
Meerkat (Suricata suricatta).
Meerkat (Suricata suricatta).
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A meerkat, Suricata suricatta, sits upright on a large rock with its tail extended behind, looking alert against a blurred natural background.
Close-up of a meerkat (Suricata suricatta) standing upright, looking toward the camera with a blurred natural background.
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