Meerkat - A Small Animal
Meerkats 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". The meerkat or suricate is a small carnivoran belonging to the mongoose family . It is the only member of the genus Suricata.