2006-09-30 05:15:37 · 6 answers · asked by hilliardhillbilly 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
I guess it's sort of like saying is a grizzly bear and a Kodiak bear the same, Ursus arctos horribilis and Ursus arctos middendorffi. They'll break it down to a subspecies even nowadays. Or timberwolves and arctic timberwolves: Canis lupus and canis lupus arcticus.
Any member of the Herpestidae family is a mongoose.
2006-09-30 11:42:53 · answer #1 · answered by Professor Armitage 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. They are a type of mongoose. Most people don't realize this, though. I didn't know until I was doing a research paper on mongeese a few years ago.
Here's a quote from the Columbia Encyclopedia: The meerkat (Suricata suricatta), or suricate, is a social mongoose of S African grasslands; meerkats live in large communal burrows and prey chiefly on insects and other small invertebrates.
2006-09-30 05:26:30 · answer #2 · answered by Souris 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. Meerkats are prey animals that eat insects, worms, etc. Mongooses(?) are predators that specialize in poisonous snakes. They are also popular pets in India for that reason.
Edit: I stand corrected. They appear to indeed be related. Still, they are not 'the same'.
2006-09-30 05:27:17 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
meerkats are a smaller relative of mongoose, they do resemble each other but are of a different size.
2006-09-30 05:26:28 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No they are totally different animals
2006-09-30 05:23:01 · answer #5 · answered by MARY L 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
no
2006-09-30 05:22:56 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋