The meerkat or suricate, a small mammal is a member of the mongoose family, Meerkats live in all parts of the Kalahari desert in botwana and south africa. A group of meerkats is called a "mob", "gang" or "clan". A meerkat clan often contains about 20 meerkats, but some superfamilies have 50 or more members. Meerkats have an average life span of 12-14 years. Meerkats are small burrowing animals, living in large underground networks with multiple entrances which they leave only during the day. They are very social, living in colonies averaging 20–30 members. Animals in the same group regularly groom each other to strengthen social bonds. Meerkats are also known to share their burrow with the yellow mongose and the ground squirrel, species with which they do not compete for resources. If they are unlucky, sometimes they share their burrow with snakes.
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