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Suricata suricata (species) (Suricata (genus), Herpestidae (family), ... Living Organisms (hierarchy name)) |
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Note: Members of a species of small, agile mammals of the mongoose family, with a pointed face, tiny ears, black eye patches, living in cooperative warrens containing 20 to 50 animals, found in southwestern Africa, and unmistakably recognizable by the upright posture of the pack's sentinels that watch for predators.
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| Suricata suricata (species) (preferred,C,U,S,English-P,D,L,N)
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| Suricata suricata (species) (Latin-P,D,U,N)
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| meerkat (species) (C,U,C,English,AD,U,SN)
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| meerkats (species) (C,U,English,AD,U,PN)
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............ | name derived from Afrikaans for "lake cat," although it is not a cat and does not live near lakes; probably originally from a Sanskrit word for "monkey," from Indian sailors on Dutch ships |
| suricates (species) (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
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............ | named derived from Swahili for "rock cat" |
| mierkats (species) (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
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| miercats (species) (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
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| meercats (species) (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
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| sun angela (species) (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
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............ | translation for Zambian name for the animal |
| 狐獴 (種) (C,U,Chinese (traditional)-P,D,U,U)
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| hú méng (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Hanyu Pinyin)-P,UF,U,U)
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| hu meng (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Wade-Giles),UF,U,U)
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| hu meng (Chinese (transliterated Pinyin without tones)-P,UF,U,U)
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| stokstaartjes (soort) (C,U,Dutch-P,D,U,U)
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| stokstaartje (C,U,Dutch,AD,U,U)
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Facet/Hierarchy Code: H.HL |
Hierarchical Position:
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.... Living Organisms (hierarchy name) (G) |
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........ living organisms (entities) (G) |
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............ Eukaryota (domain) (G) |
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................ Animalia (kingdom) (G) |
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.................... Chordata (phylum) (G) |
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........................ Vertebrata (subphylum) (G) |
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............................ Mammalia (class) (G) |
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................................ Carnivora (order) (G) |
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.................................... Herpestidae (family) (G) |
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........................................ Suricata (genus) (G) |
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............................................ Suricata suricata (species) (G) |
Additional Notes: |
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| Chinese (traditional) ..... 小型、敏捷的獴科哺乳動物，臉尖，耳小，眼睛周圍有黑色斑塊，通常在地穴內會群聚二十至五十隻狐獴，出沒於非洲西南部，身軀直立起站崗提防掠食者的樣子，即為狐獴的特點。 |
| Dutch ..... Leden van een soort kleine, beweeglijke zoogdieren van de familie der mangoesten, met een spits gezicht, kleine oren en zwart omrande ogen, die in samenwerkende groepen van 20 tot 50 dieren leven, worden aangetroffen in het zuidwesten van Afrika en makkelijk herkenbaar zijn aan de rechtstandige wachters in de groep die op de uitkijk staan voor roofdieren. |
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