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MammalMAP:   1201
Province:  
Country:   Namibia
Locus:   2315DB
Observer:   Kennedy David
Date of record:   2002-04-26
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   Interesting situation here - these little meerkats were encouraged to wander about the Rostock Ritz lodge in the hope that they would keep down the numbers of scorpions and solifugids etc which terrified visitors from overseas. As far as we could find out the scheme worked well.
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:54
Sp. code:   197700
Species name:   Suricata suricatta
Common name:   Meerkat -- Suricate
Family:   Herpestidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Meerkat/Suricate Suricata suricatta
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=MammalMAP-1201
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 1201 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Megan Loftie-Eaton
Comment:  
Date:   2011-12-12 10:27:40
Species name:   Suricata suricatta -- Meerkat; Suricate
Species code:   197700

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