Meerkat vs Red Lauan

Suricata suricatta compared with Shorea negrosensis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Meerkat	Red Lauan
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Malvales (Malvales)
Family	Herpestidae	Dipterocarpaceae
Genus	Suricata	Shorea
Species	Suricata suricatta	Shorea negrosensis

Conservation Status

Meerkat

LC — Least Concern

Red Lauan

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Meerkat	Red Lauan
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.

Red Lauan

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.