Their look is characterized by brown-striped fur, small, pointed faces, and large eyes. A heavily social animal, the meerkat lives in matriarchal family units ranging between 3-50 residents.

Meerkats have incredibly complex behaviour ... and are also often small in number, with less eyes to look after the pups and look out for danger. Maghogho’s group were on the edge of survival ...

It comes after the arrival of two meerkats to Belfast Zoo in January ... independently exploring their new home under the watchful eyes of their attentive parents”. A burrowing member of ...