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Suricata suricatta (Schreber, 1776)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Die Säugethiere p.pl. 117 [1776]

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Mammalia
order
Carnivora
family
Herpestidae
genus
Suricata
species
Suricata suricatta

Name

Synonyms
Viverra suricatta Schreber, 1776
Homonyms
Suricata suricatta (Schreber, 1776)
Suricata suricatta (Erxleben, 1777)
Suricata suricatta Desmarest, 1804
Common names
Erdmännchen in German
Graatjie-meerkat in Afrikaans
Graatjiemeerkat in Afrikaans
Gray Meerkat in English
Grey Meerkat in English
Jarðköttur in Icelandic
Meerkat in English
Meerkat in English
Meerkat in English
Meerkat in English
Meerkat in English
Meerkat in English
Merkat in Croatian
Mirket in Turkish
Nelisormimangusti in Finnish
Scharrtier in German
Slender-tailed Meercat in English
Slender-tailed Meerkat in English
Stokstaartje in Dutch
Stokstertmeerkat in Afrikaans
Stokstertmierkat in Afrikaans
Suricata in Portuguese
Suricate in French
Suricato in Spanish
Surikat in Danish
Surikate in German
Surikato in Esperanto
leJara in Tswana
meerkat in English
surikaatti in Finnish
surikata in Czech
surykatka szara in Polish
szurikáta in Hungarian
Κοινή Σουρικάτα in Greek, Modern (1453-)
Сурикат in Russian
Сурыкат in Belarusian
סוריקטה in Hebrew
حيوان الميركات in Arabic
سرقاط in Arabic
مرقاط in Arabic
ميركات in Arabic
เมียร์แคต in Thai
เมียร์แคท in Thai
ミーアキャット in Japanese
狐獴 in Chinese
狐獴 (細尾獴) in Chinese
Meerkat in English
Graatjie-meerkat in Afrikaans
Gray Meerkat in English
Grey Meerkat in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Gilchrist, J. S., A. P. Jennings, G. Veron, et al. / Don E. Wilson and Russell A. Mittermeier, eds., 2009: Family Herpestidae (Mongooses). Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Vol. 1: Carnivores. 262-329.
  2. Veron, Géraldine, Marie-Lilith Patou, and Andrew P. Jennings / Do Linh San et al., eds., 2022: Systematics and Evolution of the Mongooses (Herpestidae, Carnivora). Small Carnivores - Evolution, Ecology, Behaviour, and Conservation. 61-78.
  3. Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 1992: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. xviii + 1207.
  4. Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 2005: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2. 2142.
  5. Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole, 2000: null. Common Names of Mammals of the World. xiv + 204.
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