vs Meerkat

Altererythrobacter troitsensis compared with Suricata suricatta

Key Differences

• is Not Evaluated while Meerkat is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank		Meerkat
Kingdom	Bacteria (Bacteria)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Proteobacteria (Proteobacteria)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Alphaproteobacteria (Alphaproteobacteria)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Sphingomonadales (Sphingomonadales)	Carnivora (Carnivorans)
Family	Erythrobacteraceae	Herpestidae
Genus	Altererythrobacter	Suricata
Species	Altererythrobacter troitsensis	Suricata suricatta

Conservation Status

NE — Not Evaluated

Meerkat

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute		Meerkat
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Habitat

Native to Asia, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Found in Taiwan.

Meerkat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Belgium and Ecuador.

Altererythrobacter troitsensis is a gram-negative, aerobic bacterium in the family Erythrobacteraceae, first described from Troitsk, Russia. Like other members of the genus, it may produce carotenoid pigments giving colonies a reddish-orange colour. Its conservation status is not evaluated.