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Suricata (meerkat)
Taxonomy
Suricata was named by Desmarest (1804). It is extant.
It was assigned to Viverrina by Gray (1825); to Herpestinae by Mivart (1882); to Viverridae by Carroll (1988); and to Herpestidae by Werdelin and Peigne (2010).
It was assigned to Viverrina by Gray (1825); to Herpestinae by Mivart (1882); to Viverridae by Carroll (1988); and to Herpestidae by Werdelin and Peigne (2010).
Species
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1804 | Suricata Desmarest |
1811 | Ryzaena Illiger |
1825 | Suricata Gray p. 339 |
1882 | Suricata Mivart p. 142 |
1988 | Suricata Carroll |
2010 | Suricata Werdelin and Peigne p. 637 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. Suricata Desmarest 1804 [meerkat]
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Suricata suricatta Schreber 1776 [meerkat]
Invalid names: Ryzaena Illiger 1811 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979 |
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Pleistocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 2.58000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.774 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.774 Ma
Collections (8 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Early/Lower Pleistocene | South Africa (Gauteng) | Suricata suricatta (183152) | |
Pleistocene | South Africa | Suricata suricatta (21825 21828 21829 21956) | |
Pleistocene - Holocene | South Africa | Suricata sp. (21711) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | South Africa | Suricata suricatta (115184) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | South Africa (Namaqualand) | Suricata suricatta (51187) |