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

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Suricata suricatta (Schreber 1776)
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Suricata suricatta (Schreber 1776) View in CoL

[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).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Carnivora

Family

Herpestidae

Genus

Suricata

Loc

Suricata suricatta (Schreber 1776)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn 2005
2005
Loc

[Viverra] suricatta

Schreber 1776: pl. 117 [1776]
1776
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