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It is not a rabbit

Meerkat

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Scientific Name- Suricata suricatta

Kingdom- Animalia

Phylum- Chordata

Class- Mammalia

Order- Carnivora

Family- Herpestidae

Genus- Suricata

Species- suricatta

​The Meerkat is the only member of the Suricata genus. Meerkats are small African carnivores that live in the desert. They live in very large underground communes that they burrow. They are typically thought of as rodents, but they are closer related to weasels

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