Habitats -
The meerkat inhabits all parts of the Kalahari Desert in Botswana and South Africa. A group of meerkats is called a mob of meerkats, a gang of meerkats or a clan of meerkats. A meerkat clan often contains about 20 meerkats at a time, but some meerkat superfamilies have been known to have had 50 or more meerkat members.
Meerkats need to survive in the harsh environment of the African desert, so building a cool home to raise young and evade predators is really important. It takes two - three days of hard work for an alpha pair to build a suitable den for a small home.
Meerkats live in underground burrows in the deserts of South Africa. In the wild, Meerkats can live up to the age - ten, however, in captivity they can live up to fifteen years of age.