Suricata suricatta (Schreber 1776)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Carnivora, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 532-628 : 571

Suricata suricatta (Schreber 1776)

[Viverra] suricatta Schreber 1776 , Die Saugethiere: pl. 117 [1776].

Type Locality: Listed as " Cape of Good Hope" by Meester et al. (1986), restricted by Thomas and Schwann (1905:133) to "Deelfontein" [ South Africa].

Vernacular Names: Meerkat.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Suricata suricatta subsp. suricatta Schreber 1776

Subspecies Suricata suricatta subsp. iona Cabral 1971

Subspecies Suricata suricatta subsp. marjoriae Bradfield 1936

Distribution: Angola, S Botswana, Namibia, South Africa.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Reviewed by van Staaden (1994). Synonyms allocated according to Coetzee (1977 b) and van Staaden (1994).