Suricata

Suricata; Temporal range: Early Pleistocene - Recent
	Meerkat (Suricata suricatta)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Suborder:	Feliformia
Family:	Herpestidae
Subfamily:	Mungotinae
Genus:	Suricata; Desmarest, 1804
Type species
	Mustela suricatta; Schreber, 1776
Species
	Suricata suricatta - Meerkat; †Suricata major;

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).

References

^ Werdelin, Lars; Sanders, William Joseph (2010). Cenozoic Mammals of Africa. University of California Press. p. 631. ISBN 9780520257214.
^ Avery, D. Margaret (2019). A Fossil History of Southern African Land Mammals. Cambridge University Press. p. 104. ISBN 9781108480888.

[1] Werdelin, Lars; Sanders, William Joseph (2010). Cenozoic Mammals of Africa. University of California Press. p. 631. ISBN 9780520257214.

[2] Avery, D. Margaret (2019). A Fossil History of Southern African Land Mammals. Cambridge University Press. p. 104. ISBN 9781108480888.

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