Suricata major explained

Suricata major is an extinct species of meerkat from the Early Pleistocene of Africa.

Description

Material from this species has been found at the Elandsfontein fossil site in South Africa.[1] [2] Suricata major was larger than the living meerkat, and appears to be intermediate in form between it and Mungos species. Compared to the modern meerkat, its upper cheekteeth were larger and its post-orbital process less well developed.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Werdelin . Lars . Sanders . William Joseph . Cenozoic Mammals of Africa . 2010 . University of California Press . 9780520257214 . 631.
  2. Fourvel . Jean-Baptiste . Civettictis braini nov. sp. (Mammalia: Carnivora), a new viverrid from the hominin-bearing site of Kromdraai (Gauteng, South Africa) . Comptes Rendus Palevol . 2018 . 17 . 6 . 366–377 . 10.1016/j.crpv.2017.11.005 . free . 2018CRPal..17..366F .
  3. van Staaden . Moira J. . Suricata suricata . Mammalian Species . 1994 . 483 . 1 . 1–8 . 10.2307/3504085 . 3504085 .

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