AnAge entry for Suricata suricatta

Classification (HAGRID: 01810)

Taxonomy: Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
        Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
            Order: Carnivora
                Family: Herpestidae
                    Genus: Suricata
Species: Suricata suricatta
Common name: Meerkat

Maximum longevity: 20.6 years (captivity)
Source: ref. 671
Sample size: Large
Data quality: High
Observations: In the wild these animals are estimated to live up to 15 years [0560]. In captivity, one specimen was 20.6 years of age when it died [0434].

: No information is available on life history. Please contact us if you wish to suggest or contribute data.

[1143] Nussey et al. (2013), Senescence in natural populations of animals: widespread evidence and its implications for bio-gerontology (PubMed)
[0671] Richard Weigl (2005), Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World
[0036] Savage et al. (2004), The predominance of quarter-power scaling in biology
[0420] White and Seymour (2003), Mammalian basal metabolic rate is proportional to body mass2/3 (PubMed)
[0610] Ernest (2003), Life history characteristics of placental non-volant mammals
[0434] Ronald Nowak (1999), Walker's Mammals of the World
[0560] van Staaden (1994), Suricata suricatta
[0455] Virginia Hayssen et al. (1993), Asdell's Patterns of Mammalian Reproduction: A Compendium of Species-Specific Data
[0680] Wootton (1987), The effects of body mass, phylogeny, habitat, and trophic level on mammalian age at first reproduction
[0731] Zullinger et al. (1984), Fitting sigmoid equations to mammalian growth curves