Directory of Meerkats Resources

Home > Kids and Teens > School Time > Science > Living Things > Animals > Mammals > Mongoose > Meerkats

The meerkat is a small mammal and a member of the mongoose family. It lives in the Kalahari Desert in southern Africa.

Resources in This Category

• Meerkat - Suricata Suricatta

  http://www.thebigzoo.com/Animals/Meerkat.asp
  Gives a basic description, what they eat, and their social structure.

• Meerkats

  http://www.whozoo.org/students/kartho/meerkat3.htm
  Contains pictures and general information about their size, behavioral adaptations and social activities.

• Meerkats

  http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0209/feature3/
  Read the story of how they decided to study meerkats, video, pictures and an interview.

• Oakland Zoo: Slender-Tailed Meerkat

  http://www.oaklandzoo.org/Slender_Tailed_Meerkat.php
  Gives an overview of its physical appearance, geographical range, diet, social structure and adaptations.

• San Diego Zoo's Animal Bytes: Meerkat

  http://animals.sandiegozoo.org/animals/meerkat
  Find quick and fun facts. Listen to a meerkat bark. Includes photos.

• Stand Tall: Meerkats

  http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0209/sights_n_sounds/media2.html
  A multimedia presentation that talks about meerkats including their safety in numbers, and the daily routine.

• Suricata Suricatta

  http://animaldiversity.org/site/accounts/information/Suricata_suricatta.html
  Information such as behavior and food habits, pictures, and their scientific classification.

• Wikipedia: Meerkat

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meerkat
  Encyclopedia article that anatomy, behavior, and habitat.

 

Home > Kids and Teens > School Time > Science > Living Things > Animals > Mammals > Mongoose > Meerkats

 

---

 

Thanks to DMOZ, which built a great web directory for nearly two decades and freely shared it with the web. About us