Suricate (Suricata suricatta). Also called Meerkat. Female with three playful young at their burrow. On the lookout. Kalahari Desert, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa.

suricata suricatta natural area desert adult young predator watch tenderness outdoor overview day carnivore diet play south african protected areas south africa suricata three quarter shot complicity young protection keep meerkat suricata suricatta alarm national park transborder park litter offspring january kgalagadi transfrontier park za kalahari desert of nobody kgalagadi transfrontier park nature natural areas ecosystem ecosystems desertic areas desert areas desert area desertic zone desertic zones desertic area adults smalls juveniles babies youngs juvenile baby youngster predators predatory keeper watching supervision supervising evenings surveillance spy on spying on spied on keep watch keep watching affection good looking cute tenderly caress caresses tendernesses outdoors outsides outside overviews global sight global sights full length days daytime carnivorous animal carnivores diet carnivorous animals meat eating animal meat eating animals enjoy itself playing enjoying itself played south african protected area south africa south african national parks south africa three quarter views three quarter view three quarter shots three quarter sight three quarter sights three quarter length complicities collusion accomplice accomplices collusions young protections young supervision guarding guarded guards guard keeping meerkats suricata suricatta give the alarm giving the alarm alert alerts alarming alarmed alarms national parks sensitive natural areas transnational park transnational parks transborder parks transfrontier park transfrontier parks litters offspring least concern species with nobody kgalagadi naturalness area stage of development individual predation relation between species species emotion shot ambiance diet pattern south africa southern africa africa herpestidae carnivora mammalia cynodontia therapsida eupelycosauria synapsida tetrapoda tetrapodomorpha rhipidistia sarcopterygii euteleostomi gnathostomata vertebrata chordata deuterostomia coelomata bilateria metazoa opisthokonta eukaryota protect behavior small carnivore carnivoran mammal therapsid synapsid vertebrate chordate wild animal animal environment protection environment management biodiversity management environment family enumeration northern cape province