Solvin Zankl / Meerkat (Suricata suricatta) standing on guard, back to back, South Africa

Solvin Zankl / Meerkat (Suricata suricatta) juvenile peering out from under resting group of adults, South Africa

Marguerite Smits Van Oyen / Two Meerkats standing on guard {Suricata suricatta} Tswalu Kalahari R, South Africa - suricates

Marguerite Smits Van Oyen / Film-maker Simon King with family of Meerkats {Suricata suricatta} Tswalu Kalahari Reserve, South Africa. 2002. aka Suricate

Francois Savigny / Suricate foraging {Suricata suricatta} Kalahari Gemsbok S Africa

Francois Savigny / Suricate (meerkat) on look out young, Kalahari Gemsbok, South Africa

Francois Savigny / Suricate (meerkat) on look out with young, Kalahari Gemsbok, South Africa

Francois Savigny / Suricate / Meerkat foraging for food {Suricata suricatta} Kalahari Gemsbok NP, South Africa

Francois Savigny / Suricate (meerkat) with young, Kalahari Gemsbok, S. Africa

Richard Du Toit / Meerkats (Suricata suricatta) sentry behaviour, Kalahari, South Africa.

Ann & Steve Toon / Meerkats (Suricata suricatta), sharing burrow with ground squirrel (Xerus inauris) Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Northern Cape, South Africa, non-ex. Non-ex.

Ann & Steve Toon / Meerkat (Suricata suricatta), with ground squirrel (Xerus inauris), Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Northern Cape, South Africa, non-ex. Non-ex.