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Suricata suricatta

Description

The meerkat (Suricata suricatta) or suricate is a small carnivoran in the mongoose family. It is the only member of the genus Suricata. 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 a "mob", "gang" or "clan". A meerkat clan often contains about 20 meerkats, but some super-families have 50 or more members. In captivity, meerkats have an average life span of 12–14 years, and about 6–7 years in the wild.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)2434126https://www.gbif.org/species/2434126
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)232149https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=232149
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Herpestidae : Suricata : Suricata suricatta
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Herpestidae : Suricata : Suricata suricatta
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SynapsidaOsborn 1903
-Therapsida
infraorderCynodontia
-EpicynodontiaHopson and Kitching 2001
infraorderEucynodontiaKemp 1982
-ProbainognathiaHopson 1990
-MammaliamorphaRowe 1988
-MammaliaformesRowe 1988
classMammaliaLinnaeus 1758
subclassTribosphenida
infraclassEutheria
-PlacentaliaOwen 1837
-LaurasiatheriaWaddell et al. 1999
-ScrotiferaWaddell et al. 1999
-FeraeLinnaeus 1758
-CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
-CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivoraBowditch 1821
suborderFeliformiaKretzoi 1945
superfamilyAeluroideaFlower 1869
familyHerpestidae
genusSuricataDesmarest 1804
speciesSuricata suricattaSchreber 1776
Generic NameSuricata
Common Namemeerkat
Scientific NameSuricata suricatta (Schreber, 1776)
Name Published InDie Säugethiere p.pl. 117 [1776]
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Suricata suricattaspeciesbelongs to Viverrastated without evidenceSchreber, 1776
Suricata suricattaspeciesbelongs to Suricatastated without evidenceDesmarest, 1804
Suricata suricattaspeciesbelongs to Suricatastated with evidenceMivart, 1882
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
Extant Size (PBDB)1 (100%)
First Recorded Appearance2.59 - 0.78 Ma
Pleistocene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Eutheria)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietinsectivore, carnivore (based on Herpestidae)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)St. G. Mivart. 1882. On the Classification and Distribution of the Aeluroidea. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1882:135-208
Common Name(s) Meerkat, Slender-tailed Meerkat, Suricate
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suricata_suricatta

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Suricata suricatta hahni
subspecies
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Suricata suricatta hamiltoni
subspecies
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Suricata suricatta iona
subspecies
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Suricata suricatta lophurus
subspecies
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Suricata suricatta marjoriae
subspecies
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Suricata suricatta namaquensis
subspecies
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Suricata suricatta suricatta
subspecies
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Viverra suricata Schreber, 1776GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Herpestidae : Suricata : Viverra suricata

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1776Viverra suricatta Schreber
1804Suricata suricatta Desmarest p. 16
1882Suricata suricatta Mivart p. 183

References

Mivart St. G. On the Classification and Distribution of the Aeluroidea, Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1882, 135-208
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 2005: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2. 2142. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 1992: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. xviii + 1207. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. (1992) Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing - via Catalogue of Life
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. (2005) Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2 - via Catalogue of Life
Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole (2000) Common Names of Mammals of the World - via Catalogue of Life
Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole, 2000: null. Common Names of Mammals of the World. xiv + 204. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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