Meerkat vs Thrips

Suricata suricatta compared with Thrips tabaci

Key Differences

• Meerkat is Least Concern while Thrips is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Meerkat	Thrips
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Thysanoptera (Thysanoptera)
Family	Herpestidae	Thripidae
Genus	Suricata	Thrips
Species	Suricata suricatta	Thrips tabaci

Evolutionary Relationship

Meerkat and Thrips share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Meerkat

LC — Least Concern

Thrips

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Meerkat	Thrips
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.

Thrips

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (Japan, Taiwan), Europe (6 countries), and North America (United States).