See also:

• SURICATE, or MEERKAT (Suricata tetradactyla)

SURICATE, or MEERKAT (Suricata tetradactyla)  , a small See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South See also:

• AFRICAN

African mammal of the See also:

• CIVET

civet See also:

• FAMILY

family, ranging from Cape See also:

• COLONY (Lat. colonia, from colonus, a cultivator)

Colony to Algoa See also:

• BAY

Bay . The See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head and See also:

• BODY

body are about 14 in. See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long, and the tail See also:

• HALF

half as much; the See also:

• FUR (connected with O. Fr. forre, a sheath or case; so " an outer covering ")

fur is long and soft, See also:

• LIGHT

light grizzled See also:

• GREY, CHARLES GREY, 2ND EARL (1764-1845)
• GREY, HENRY GREY, 3RD EARL (1802-1894)
• GREY, LADY JANE (1537-1554)
• GREY, SIR EDWARD
• GREY, SIR GEORGE (1812–1898)

grey in See also:

• COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour, and banded with See also:

• BLACK
• BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874)
• BLACK, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN (1810–1883)
• BLACK, WILLIAM (1841-1898)

black on the See also:

• LOWER

lower See also:

• PART

part of the back . Meerkats are sociable animals, living in holes in the rocks on the mountains, and burrowing in the sandy See also:

• SOIL

soil of the plains . They See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form amusing pets, and in a See also:

• WILD, JONATHAN (c. 1682-1725)

wild See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state, writes Mrs A . See also:

• MARTIN (Martinus)
• MARTIN, BON LOUIS HENRI (1810-1883)
• MARTIN, CLAUD (1735-1800)
• MARTIN, FRANCOIS XAVIER (1762-1846)
• MARTIN, HOMER DODGE (1836-1897)
• MARTIN, JOHN (1789-1854)
• MARTIN, LUTHER (1748-1826)
• MARTIN, SIR THEODORE (1816-1909)
• MARTIN, SIR WILLIAM FANSHAWE (1801–1895)
• MARTIN, ST (c. 316-400)
• MARTIN, WILLIAM (1767-1810)

Martin, they feed chiefly on " succulent bulbs, which they scratch up with the long, curved, black claws on their fore-feet .