To compare the meerkat (Suricata suricatta) to Africa’s ‘big five’ might seem somewhat fanciful, but this small, charismatic mongoose is undoubtedly one of the continent’s most popular and engaging animals. The meerkat’s body is slender, with a distinctly slim, tapering tail and long thin legs equipped with powerful claws. The face is pointed with a rounded forehead and dark eye patches and crescent-shaped ears. The fur is typically grizzled grey, tan or silvery-brown in colour, with dark, transverse bands sometimes visible across the back, and a characteristically black tail tip.
Meerkat Subspecies
- Southern Meerkat (Suricata suricatta hahni)
- Slender-Tailed Meerkat (Suricata suricatta namaquansis)
Roles
- They played Emmet Brickowski (along with Warthog), Wyldstyle, Frank the Foreman, Gail, Randy, Wally and the construction workers (along with Warthogs) in The Animal Movie (NatureRules1 Version)
- It played Timothy in Dumbo (NatureRules1 Version)
- They played Tweedledee and Tweedledum in Adeleine in Wonderland
- It played Abu in Aladdin (NatureRules1 Version)
- They played Pabbie, Bulda, Cliff and the trolls in Frozen (NatureRules1 Version)
- It played Chamberlain in The Artist Mare
- They played Tuck and Roll in A Wildlife's Life
- It played Spongebob Squarepants in SuricataBob SuricattaPants
- It played Scruff in Thomas and Friends (NatureRules1 Version)
- It played Microceratus in AFRICAN ANIMAL, KALAHARI ANIMAL, and SOUTH AFRICAN ANIMAL
- It played Ray in The Doe and the Springhare
- It played Jigsaw in African Animal Mayhem
- It played Skull in The Daily Animal Show
- It played Meeko in Pocahontas (NatureRules1 Version)
- It played Kuki Sanban/Numbuh 3 in Codename: African Species Next Door
- It played Acorn in Animal Lockdown
- It played Ice Bear in We Bare Wild Animals and We Bare Wild Animals: The Movie
- It played Hamster in We Bare Felids and We Bare Carnivorans
- It played Brick in The Powerpuff Elapids
- It played Bobgoblin in Wallykazam! (NatureRules1 Version)
- It played Donatello in Teenage Mutant Desert Animals
- It played Lya (Mermaid) in Mako Desert Animals and Mako Insectivores
Gallery
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The Lion King (1994)
The Lion King (2019)
The Lion King 1½ (2004)
Clarence (2014-Current)
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Zoo Tycoon 2 (2004)
Go, Diego, Go! (2005-2011)
The Life of Pi (2012)
The Jungle Bunch
Mama Mirabelle's Home Movies (2007-2010)
Zoo Tycoon (2013)
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The Lion King (2019 Live Action Remake)
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The Unnamed Golden Ant Series (2009)
Riley's Adventures (2004-2007)
LPS
Stanley (2001-2006)
Animal World (1999-present)
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Arthur Christmas
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Books
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