meerkat
species of mongoose
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Summary
meerkat is a taxon[1]. meerkat ranks in the top 0.098% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (18,611 views/month, #191 of 195,241).[2]
Key Facts
- Taxon rank: species[3]
- IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[4]
- Parent taxon: Suricata[5]
- Taxon name: Suricata suricatta[6]
- Commons category: Suricata suricatta[7]
- Start time: -3600000-00-00T00:00:00Z[8]
- Topic's main category: Category:Suricata suricatta[9]
- Commons gallery: Suricata suricatta[10]
- Described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[11]
- Original combination: Viverra suricatta[12]
- Taxon synonym: Viverra zenik[13]
- Short name: S. suricatta[14]
- Taxon common name: Meerkat[15], حيوان الميركات[16], Сурикат[17], surikata[18], Surikat[19], Erdmännchen[20], Surikato[21], Nelisormimangusti[22], Suricate[23], סוריקטה[24], Merkat[25], Szurikáta[26], Jarðköttur[27], Suricato[28]
- Mass: 30.5 g[29], 725 g[30]
- Gestation period: 11 week[31]
- Longest observed lifespan: 20.6 years[32]
- Sequenced genome URL: https://www.dnazoo.org/assemblies/Suricata_suricatta[33], http://www.ensembl.org/Suricata_suricatta[34]
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Identifiers
meerkat's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 41943[35]. meerkat's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 37032[36]. meerkat's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 311580[37]. meerkat's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2434126[38]. meerkat's ITIS TSN is recorded as 621906[39].
Why It Matters
meerkat has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] meerkat is known by 92 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]