Meerkat vs Orange Disco

Suricata suricatta compared with Aleurodiscus amorphus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Meerkat	Orange Disco
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Russulales (Russulales)
Family	Herpestidae	Stereaceae
Genus	Suricata	Aleurodiscus
Species	Suricata suricatta	Aleurodiscus amorphus

Conservation Status

Meerkat

LC — Least Concern

Orange Disco

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

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

Habitat & Geographic Range

Meerkat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Belgium and Ecuador.

Orange Disco

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, Taiwan, and United States.