Meerkat vs Spanish elm

Suricata suricatta compared with Cordia alliodora

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Meerkat	Spanish elm
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Boraginales (Boraginales)
Family	Herpestidae	Cordiaceae
Genus	Suricata	Cordia
Species	Suricata suricatta	Cordia alliodora

Conservation Status

Meerkat

LC — Least Concern

Spanish elm

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Meerkat	Spanish elm
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.

Spanish elm

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), North America (8 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (5 countries), and South America (5 countries).