Meerkat vs silk-tassel

Suricata suricatta compared with Garrya elliptica

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Meerkat	silk-tassel
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Garryales (Garryales)
Family	Herpestidae	Garryaceae
Genus	Suricata	Garrya
Species	Suricata suricatta	Garrya elliptica

Conservation Status

Meerkat

LC — Least Concern

silk-tassel

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Meerkat	silk-tassel
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.

silk-tassel

Habitat

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