Suricata
Genus of mammal
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Suricata is a genus of mongoose that is endemic to Africa. The oldest species known is the extinct Suricata major that lived about 1.8 million years ago in South Africa.[1][2] The only species alive is the meerkat (Suricata suricatta).
| Suricata Temporal range: Early Pleistocene - Recent | |
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| Meerkat (Suricata suricatta) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Herpestidae |
| Subfamily: | Mungotinae |
| Genus: | Suricata Desmarest, 1804 |
| Type species | |
| Mustela suricatta Schreber, 1776 | |
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