Slender-tailed Meerkat

Slender-tailed Meerkat

Suricata suricatta

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
40–50% · Likely
overall probability at Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park

Closest Relatives at Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park

Yellow Mongoose
LC Endemic

Yellow Mongoose

☀️ Diurnal Mammal

Cynictis penicillata

40–50% · Likely
Slender Mongoose

Slender Mongoose

☀️ Diurnal Mammal

Galerella sanguinea

20–30% · Possible
Banded Mongoose
LC

Banded Mongoose

☀️ Diurnal Mammal

Mungos mungo

Insufficient data
Lion
VU

Lion

☀️ Diurnal Mammal

Panthera leo

50–60% · Likely
Cheetah
VU

Cheetah

☀️ Diurnal Mammal

Acinonyx jubatus

40–50% · Likely
Bat-eared Fox
LC

Bat-eared Fox

☀️ Diurnal Mammal

Otocyon megalotis

20–30% · Possible
Leopard
VU Endemic

Leopard

☀️ Diurnal Mammal

Panthera pardus

20–30% · Possible
Spotted Hyena
LC

Spotted Hyena

☀️ Diurnal Mammal

Crocuta crocuta

20–30% · Possible
African Wildcat
LC

African Wildcat

☀️🌙 Day & Night Mammal

Felis lybica

20–30% · Possible
Brown Hyaena

Brown Hyaena

🌅 Crepuscular Mammal

Hyaena brunnea

20–30% · Possible
Honey Badger
LC

Honey Badger

🌅 Crepuscular Mammal

Mellivora capensis

20–30% · Possible
Cape Fox
LC Endemic

Cape Fox

☀️🌙 Day & Night Mammal

Vulpes chama

20–30% · Possible

📅 Monthly Probability

40–50
Jan
40–50
Feb
40–50
Mar
30–40
Apr
30–40
May
40–50
Jun
40–50
Jul
30–40
Aug
40–50
Sep
40–50
Oct
30–40
Nov
30–40
Dec

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

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 Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park?

About 41% of visitor-days record a Slender-tailed Meerkat sighting in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, based on 75 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Slender-tailed Meerkat in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park?

February has the highest sighting rate for Slender-tailed Meerkat in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park in our monthly data.

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