Critters from my archive

Being in the art shop all day, I regularly speak about Muthi, the Jack Russell between the meerkats in one of Steve's very famous paintings. While looking for a member's photos in my archives I came across the meerkats I'd photographed earlier this year. 

Meerkat 

The meerkat or suricate (Suricata suricatta) is a small carnavoran belonging to the mongoose family (Herpestidae). It is the only member of the genus Suricata.^[ 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. A group of meerkats is called a "mob", "gang" or "clan". A meerkat clan often contains about 20 meerkats, but some super-families have 50 or more members. In captivity, meerkats have an average life span of 12–14 years, and about half this in the wild. (Wikipedia) 

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