Suricata suricatta (Schreber 1776)
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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).
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