Meerkat

Description:

The meerkat is a small mammal belonging to the mongoose family. The meerkat is a small diurnal herpestid (mongoose) weighing on average about 731 grams (1.61 lb) for males and 720 grams (1.6 lb) for females. Its long slender body and limbs give it a body length of 25 to 35 centimetres (9.8 to 14 in) and an added tail length of 17 to 25 centimetres (6.7 to 9.8 in).

Habitat:

Meerkats live in all parts of the Kalahari Desert in Botswana, in much of the Namib Desert in Namibia and southwestern Angola, and in South Africa.

Notes:

Found at the Wilhelma Zoo in Stuttgart, Germany. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meerkat