A group of meerkats warms up in the first sunlight. The landscape is the semi-desert of the Little Karoo where these animals live. The meerkat (Suricata suricatta) is a small predator that belongs to the mongoose. He is also called "earth man" and inhabits all parts of the Kalahari in southern Africa (Angola, Botswana, Namibia and South Africa). In African and English meerkat called meerkat. This group has been observed in the vicinity of Oudtshoorn, Western Cape.