Suricata
| Suricata Temporal range: Early Pleistocene - Recent
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| Meerkat (Suricata suricatta) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Suborder: | Feliformia |
| Family: | Herpestidae |
| Subfamily: | Mungotinae |
| Genus: | Suricata Desmarest, 1804 |
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Suricata is a genus of mongoose that is endemic to Africa. The oldest species known is the extinct Suricata major that lived about 1.8 million years ago in South Africa.[1][2]
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Categories:
- Mammal genera
- Mammal genera with one living species
- Taxa named by Anselme Gaëtan Desmarest
- Mongooses