A Meerkat at the Welsh Mountain Zoo
Introduction
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A Meerkat at the Welsh Mountain Zoo
Image: © Richard Hoare Taken: 20 Jan 2016
The meerkat or suricate is a small mammal belonging to the mongoose family. 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.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.293529
Longitude
-3.746759