2. Behaviour
Meerkats are small
burrowing animals, living
in large underground
networks with multiple
entrances which they
leave only during the day.
They are very social, living
in colonies averaging 20–
30 members.
3. habitat
Meerkats are small
burrowing animals, living
in large underground
networks with multiple
entrances which they
leave only during the
day. They are very
social, living in colonies
averaging 20–30
members.
4. Food
Meerkats eat
lizards, snakes, scorpions, spider
s, plants, eggs, small
mammals, millipedes, centiped
es and, more rarely, small birds.
5. Meerkat Groups
A meerkat group may die
out because of predator
attack, its alpha pair being
unable to breed, starvation
due to drought, or
epidemic disease.
A new meerkat group often
arises from evicted females
meeting and staying with
roving males, seeking to
mate. The litter size is usually
2–5 pups.
