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Meerkat

The Meerkat belongs to the mongoose family and live in all parts of the Kalahari Desert in Botswana - in much of the Namib Desert in Namibia and southwestern Angola - and in South Africa.

A group of meerkats is called a "mob", "gang" or "clan". A meerkat clan often contains about 20 meerkats, but some super-families have 50 or more members.

In captivity, meerkats have an average life span of 12–14 years, whilst only about half this in the wild.

 

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Uploaded on May 29, 2017
Taken on May 25, 2017