Animal directory
Meerkat
Care, environment, breeding and conservation records for Meerkat.
Identity & conservation
- Scientific name
- Suricata suricatta
- Enclosures
- Habitat
- Status
- Least concern
- Status code
- LC
- Regions
- Africa
- Biomes
- Desert, Grassland
- Edition
- Base game
- Class group
- Mammals
- Revealed
- 2026-08-04
- Status groups
- Least concern
- Tax class
- Mammalia
- Tax family
- Herpestidae
- Tax genus
- Suricata
- Tax order
- Carnivora
- Wild population
- Unknown
- Wild population count
- Unknown
Habitat & enclosure
- Barrier grade
- 1
- Barrier height
- 1.25 m
- Climb proof
- No
- Water barrier
- No
- Temp min
- 14 °C
- Temp max
- 41 °C
- Area land min
- 180 m²
- Area land
- 180 m² + 14 m² per extra animal
- Area climbing
- Unknown
- Area deep water
- Unknown
- Area flying
- Unknown
- Area shelter
- 2 m² per animal
- Area water
- Unknown
- Humidity
- Unknown
- Plant cover
- 0-35%
- Salinity
- Unknown
- Terrain
- Sand 30-70%, Soil 20-70%, Rock 0-30%, Short Grass 0-30%, Waterlogged 0-5%
- Water barrier depth
- Unknown
- Water barrier width
- Unknown
Social life & breeding
- Group size
- 2-30 (up to 20 males, up to 20 females)
- Life expectancy
- 12-20 years
- Bachelor females
- 1-3
- Bachelor males
- 1-12
- Breeding difficulty
- Very Easy
- Gestation
- 2.2 months
- Gestation months
- 2.2 months
- Group name
- Mob
- Interbirth
- 9.8 months
- Interbirth months
- 9.8 months
- Litter label
- Litter size
- Litter size
- 1-3
- Mating season
- Aseasonal
- Mating system
- Polyandrous
- Maturity age
- 3 years
- Maturity years
- 3 years
- Shoal fish
- No
- Shoal size
- Unknown
- Sterility age
- Death
Other facts
- Diet
- Ground Meat, Mealworms
- Colony size
- Unknown
- Colour morphs
- Leucistic, Albino
- Dominance
- Alpha female in matriarchal society
- Enrichment
- Cardboard Box, Rattle, Tennis Ball, Treasure Box, Tunnel
- Exhibit types
- Unknown
- Feeders
- Bamboo Feeder, Food Tray - Large, Food Tray - Small, Skittle Feeder, Termite Mound
- Nest
- Unknown
- Offspring dispersal
- None
- Size female
- 0.3 m
- Size male
- 0.3 m
- Size max
- 0.3 m
- Size measure
- Length
- Temperature
- 14 to 41°C
- Thriving group
- Unknown
- Thriving member of
- Unknown
- Thriving with
- Unknown
- Water sources
- Ground Water Fountain - Small
- Weather dislikes
- Rain and snow
- Weight female
- 0.775 kg
- Weight female text
- 775 g
- Weight juvenile
- 387.5 g
- Weight male
- 0.775 kg
- Weight male text
- 775 g
Research levels
| Level | Unlocks | Research gate |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Thriving Requirement 1: at least 6 objects or plants with the Shrub tag | Unknown |
| Level 2 | Meerkat Fact Sheet | Unknown |
| Level 3 | Thriving Requirement 2: Tunnel, at least 3 | Unknown |
| Level 4 | Thriving Requirement 3: Food Grade 2; Fertility Level 1 (+15% fertility) | Before this level: an Observation Network (Observation Platform) in Great Rift Valley Reserve and this species released in Great Rift Valley Reserve |
| Level 5 | Thriving Requirement 4: at least 12 objects or plants with the Small Rocky Cover tag | Unknown |
| Level 6 | Thriving Requirement 5: Animal Burrow - Small, at least 4; Fertility Level 2 (+30% fertility) | Unknown |
Observation network present at Great Rift Valley Reserve AND Meerkat released at Great Rift Valley Reserve
Valid release groups
| Group | Type | Animals |
|---|---|---|
| Family Group | Mixed group | 4 to 8 males, 4 to 8 females |
| Mating Pair | Breeding partners | 1 to 5 males, 1 to 5 females |
Release requirements
| Requirement type | Requirement |
|---|---|
| Ecosystems Required | Savannah |
(established)
Savannah
Barriers at this grade2
Enrichment items5
Water sources1
Research levels1
Related entries82
- Used by species · Bamboo Feeder (Used by / linked from)
- Uses enrichment · Rattle (Requires / provides)
- Has research · Meerkat (Requires / provides)
- Animals that use it · Rattle (Used by / linked from)
- Sp habitat · Fabric Netting (Used by / linked from)
- Uses enrichment · Cardboard Box (Requires / provides)
- Animals that use it · Ground Water Fountain - Small (Used by / linked from)
- Enrichment items · Tunnel (Requires / provides)
- Research levels · Meerkat (Requires / provides)
- Barriers at this grade · Hedge (Requires / provides)
- Animals that use it · Termite Mound (Used by / linked from)
- Enrichment items · Tennis Ball (Requires / provides)
- Meerkat · Meerkat (Requires / provides)
- Used by species · Cardboard Box (Used by / linked from)
- Animals that use it · Cardboard Box (Used by / linked from)
- Species this disease affects · Canine Distemper Virus (Used by / linked from)
- Species this disease affects · Rotavirus (Used by / linked from)
- Animals that use it · Tennis Ball (Used by / linked from)
- Used by species · Treasure Box (Used by / linked from)
- Barriers at this grade · Fabric Netting (Requires / provides)
- Species this disease affects · Cowpox Virus (Used by / linked from)
- Ecosystems · Meerkat (Requires / provides)
- Animals by grade · Fabric Netting (Used by / linked from)
- Lives in biome · Desert (Requires / provides)
- Zoopedia entry · Meerkat (Used by / linked from)
- Release requires ecosystem · Savannah · Savannah (Requires / provides)
- Lives in biome · Grassland (Requires / provides)
- Animals that use it · Treasure Box (Used by / linked from)
- Feeders · Food Tray - Small (Requires / provides)
- Used by species · Skittle Feeder (Used by / linked from)
- Uses enrichment · Tennis Ball (Requires / provides)
- Species this disease affects · Avian Influenza (Used by / linked from)
- Animals that use it · Bamboo Feeder (Used by / linked from)
- Enrichment items · Treasure Box (Requires / provides)
- Researches species · Meerkat (Used by / linked from)
- Used by species · Termite Mound (Used by / linked from)
- Uses water source · Ground Water Fountain - Small (Requires / provides)
- Feeders · Skittle Feeder (Requires / provides)
- Uses feeder · Termite Mound (Requires / provides)
- Feeders · Termite Mound (Requires / provides)
- Zoopedia entry · Meerkat (Used by / linked from)
- Uses feeder · Food Tray - Large (Requires / provides)
- Meerkat · Meerkat (Requires / provides)
- Animals given as rewards · Wildlife Care projects (Used by / linked from)
- Uses enrichment · Treasure Box (Requires / provides)
- Used by species · Rattle (Used by / linked from)
- Species this disease affects · Tularemia (Used by / linked from)
- Sp habitat · Hedge (Used by / linked from)
- Used by species · Tennis Ball (Used by / linked from)
- Used by species · Food Tray - Large (Used by / linked from)
- Used by species · Desert (Used by / linked from)
- Uses feeder · Skittle Feeder (Requires / provides)
- Uses feeder · Food Tray - Small (Requires / provides)
- Feeders · Bamboo Feeder (Requires / provides)
- Animals that use it · Food Tray - Small (Used by / linked from)
- Water sources · Ground Water Fountain - Small (Requires / provides)
- Biomes · Desert (Requires / provides)
- Species this disease affects · Q Fever (Used by / linked from)
- Animals that use it · Tunnel (Used by / linked from)
- Animals that use it · Skittle Feeder (Used by / linked from)
- Uses enrichment · Tunnel (Requires / provides)
- Uses feeder · Bamboo Feeder (Requires / provides)
- Feeders · Food Tray - Large (Requires / provides)
- Species this disease affects · Botulism Toxicosis (Used by / linked from)
- Species this disease affects · Salmonellosis (Used by / linked from)
- Species this disease affects · Glanders (Used by / linked from)
- Species this disease affects · Campylobacteriosis (Used by / linked from)
- Reward species · Wildlife Care projects (Used by / linked from)
- Species this disease affects · Listeriosis (Used by / linked from)
- Has release groups · Meerkat (Requires / provides)
- Animals in this biome · Desert (Used by / linked from)
- Animals that use it · Food Tray - Large (Used by / linked from)
- Biomes · Grassland (Requires / provides)
- Used by species · Food Tray - Small (Used by / linked from)
- Animals by grade · Hedge (Used by / linked from)
- Used by species · Ground Water Fountain - Small (Used by / linked from)
- Used by species · Grassland (Used by / linked from)
- Enrichment items · Cardboard Box (Requires / provides)
- Asked species · Animal Reintroduction projects (Used by / linked from)
- Ecosystems · Savannah (Requires / provides)
- Animals in this biome · Grassland (Used by / linked from)
- Enrichment items · Rattle (Requires / provides)
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