the meerkat or suricate is a small carnivoran

meerkat suricate small carnivoran belonging mongoose family live kalahari desert botswana namib namibia southwestern angola south africa adult african alert animal baby captivity carnivore close-up cute dwellers guard herpestidae iona kgalagadi majorca mammal manor natural world nature park patrol protecting protection safari siricata standing subsaharan suricata suricatta trans frontier two watching wild wilderness wildlife youngster zambia zoo