Meerkat

Meerkat family portrait

The Meerkat or Suricate is small in size and belongs to the mongoose family. The live in clans (mobs or gangs) of 5 - 40 members. They will dig a large network of tunnels under ground, but will also share the tunnels of ground squirrels or red mongooses. (Stokstertmeerkat - Suricata suricatta)