ETYM Dutch.
South African mongoose-like viverrine having a face like a lemur and only four toes; SYN. mierkat.
S African mongooselike animal; suricate.
Any of several African mongooses; especially; a burrowing highly social primarily insectivorous mammal (Suricata suricatta) of southern Africa that is chiefly grayish with faint black markings and lives in usually large colonies.