Slender-tailed Meerkat

Closest Relatives at Addo Elephant National Park

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Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

#	Park	Country	Probability
1	Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	40–50%
2	Addo Elephant National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	20–30%
3	Moremi Game Reserve	🇧🇼 Botswana	Insufficient data
4	Garden Route National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Slender-tailed Meerkat in Addo Elephant National Park?

About 20% of visitor-days record a Slender-tailed Meerkat sighting in Addo Elephant National Park, based on 79 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Slender-tailed Meerkat in Addo Elephant National Park?

August has the highest sighting rate for Slender-tailed Meerkat in Addo Elephant National Park in our monthly data.