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--> GENUS Suricata
SPECIES Suricata suricatta
Author: | Schreber, 1776. | Citation: | Die Säugethiere: pl. 117 [1776]. | Common Name: | Meerkat | Type Locality: | Listed as "Cape of Good Hope" by Meester et al. (1986), restricted by Thomas and Schwann (1905:133) to "Deelfontein" [South Africa]. | Distribution: | Angola, S Botswana, Namibia, South Africa. | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | Reviewed by van Staaden (1994). Synonyms allocated according to Coetzee (1977b) and van Staaden (1994). |
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