viverrine, viverrine mammal - small catlike predatory mammals of warmer parts of the Old World

genus Suricata, Suricata - meerkats

slender-tailed meerkat, Suricata suricatta - a meerkat with a thin and elongated tail

Suricata tetradactyla, suricate - burrowing diurnal meerkat of southern Africa; often kept as a pet