. Portraits at the zoo . THE I PUBLIC ASTOR, LENOX ANDTILDEN FOUNDATIONS. THE MEERKAT THE Meerkat is a little four-toed mongoose which livesin the Gape Colony, and is found sometimes as far north asAlgoa Bay. It is a pretty little animal with a slender body,covered with long, soft fur of a peculiar grizzled grey colour,having black stripes across the lower part of the back. Theunder part of the body is reddish, the head nearly white,with black ears, and it has a yellowish tail ending in a blacktip. The Meerkat is the only mongoose having ears quite adifferent colour from its head. All species
. Portraits at the zoo . THE I PUBLIC ASTOR, LENOX ANDTILDEN FOUNDATIONS. THE MEERKAT THE Meerkat is a little four-toed mongoose which livesin the Gape Colony, and is found sometimes as far north asAlgoa Bay. It is a pretty little animal with a slender body,covered with long, soft fur of a peculiar grizzled grey colour,having black stripes across the lower part of the back. Theunder part of the body is reddish, the head nearly white,with black ears, and it has a yellowish tail ending in a blacktip. The Meerkat is the only mongoose having ears quite adifferent colour from its head. All species of the mongoose have much the same habits,but some are much more fierce and aggressive than all have long, slim bodies, very sharp eyes, and a longpointed muzzle with a short nose. The tail is nearly alwaysalmost as long as the head and body put together, and theyare all weasel-like in appearance. The Indian mongoose is noted for its fierceness, and is adeadly enemy to all snakes; the Egyptian mongoose is ade
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