What they look like



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As you can see from the image the meerkat is 25 to 35 cm long and have a fury brown striped fur no meerkat has the same striped fur.they have a thin layer of fur on there belly where they absorbe the sun light in the morning to warm them up.they have dark patches  around the eye that allow them to help keep the sun out of there eyes. they wight 0.68 - 0.9 Kgs.there feet have four toe woth non retractable claws. when they are standing up  they use there tail to balance them self . they are able to close there ears so that sand dose not get in them when they are diging.