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Suricata suricatta
(Schreber, 1776)
- meerkat
(mammal)
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Suricata (Genus) - suricate, slender-tailed meerkat
..Suricata suricatta (Species) - meerkat
....Suricata suricatta iona (Subspecies)
....Suricata suricatta marjoriae (Subspecies)
....Suricata suricatta suricatta (Subspecies)
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
(Schreber, [1776])
Original name
:
Schreber, [1776]:pl. 117.
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:
Subsequent generic combination
:
Types
Type, by synonymy, of
:
Suricata
(Genus)
Desmarest, 1804
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]
:
Suricata suricatta suricatta
(Schreber, 1776)
Ref:
D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder (eds.), 2005
: 2 Apr 2013.
[inferred]
Variants
Incorrect authorship
:
Viverra suricatta
Erxleben, 1777
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
stokstaartje
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
meerkat
Ref:
W.C. Wozencraft, 2005
: 571.
:
suricate
:
slender-tailed meerkat
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