Class Mammalia	Diet Carnivorous, feeding primarily on insects, but sometimes on small vertebrates like rodents and geckos.
Order Carnivora

Behaviour
Meerkats are diurnal and social. They are burrowing animals and live in colonies of up to 30 individuals. A colony usually contains two or three families. While some members of a colony forage for food, the others will act as sentries, watching out for predatory birds. When a threat is detected, these sentries will bark to alert the group who will retreat to the burrows or run for cover.