Noun: Suricata suricatta
- A meerkat with a thin and elongated tail
"The Suricata suricatta stood on guard duty";
- slender-tailed meerkat
- Burrowing diurnal meerkat of southern Africa; often kept as a pet
"The Suricata suricatta's upright stance while on lookout duty is a familiar sight in nature documentaries";
- suricate
Type of: meerkat, mierkat [rare]
Encyclopedia: Suricata suricatta