The meerkat or suricate Suricata suricatta, a small mammal,
is a member of the mongoose family. Meerkats live in all parts
of the Kalahari Desert in Botswana and in South Africa. A
group of meerkats is called a "mob", "gang" or "clan". A meerkat
clan often contains about 20 meerkats, but some superfamilies
have 50 or more members. Meerkats have an average life span
of 12-14 years.
Baby Meerkats
Baby Meerkat
Meerkats become sexually mature at the age of one years
old. They can have between one and five pups in a litter,
with as many as four litters per year. The pups are
allowed to leave the borrow at 3 weeks old. Meerkats
are iteroparous, which means they can reproduce at any
time of the year.
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