answersLogoWhite

0

Um, a meerkat is more of a weasel or rodent like creature, and they are not carnivores and cats are part of a completely different class of animals. Cats are predators not prey like the meerkat. A cat would probably eat a meerkat. It is highly likely that there was someone once who put the two animals in a cage together to get them to mate, and it is highly likely that the cat ate that meerkatt. Just because a creatures given name sounds like another creature's given name does not mean they are in the same class, phylum or genus. My suggestion would be to look at the scientific name to know if the creatures are even close to genetically compatible.

User Avatar

Wiki User

14y ago

What else can I help you with?

Related Questions

What type of animal has cat in the name but is not really a cat?

Meerkat


What makes a meerkat a meerkat?

The buttocks of a meerkat makes it a meerkat. It has a special butt which is hidden and it looks like a cat's butt so "KAT". And the meer came from somewhere.....Not quite sure........


What kind of cat is timone from the Lion King?

Meerkat, small rodents native to the desert


Who thought of the idea of making cat food?

Anyone that has had a hungry cat in the house.


Can a female meerkat be neutered?

You can't neuter a female anything. Females are 'spayed'. Males are neutured. from 1Shadow1 yes a female meerkat can be neutered their reproduction systems are similar to that of a normal house cat. P.s. I didn't know an anything is an animal or a meerkat. get your priorities strait and don't be such a smart a*s


Can cats talk to people?

Not talk, no; cats do not have the ability to attach meanings to words. They can communicate; anyone who has ever shared a house with a cat knows that a cat can indicate that it wants to be fed, or wants a lap to rest in.


What did John Battelle ask his twitter followers about his cat?

He asked if anyone had ever spanked a cat.


Who was allowed to have ancient egyptians cat in their house?

Anyone was. They thought the cat resembled luck so when the person who owned the house died they killed the cat too and mummified it with the owner. Hope this helped! :)


How do you spell mearcat?

The correct spelling is meerkat, which is not a cat but a small burrowing African mammal.


Why should you adopt a cat?

Adopting a cat is a great thing. If you have a cat in the house as long as you look after the correctly they become a special part of your house. they can make you happy and they become part of your house until eventually your house wouldn't be the same without them I adopted a cat and its one of the best things I have ever done =^.^=


What does meerkat mean in south african?

The literal translation is "lake cat", but is the name of the suricate a member of the mongoose family. It's a small (about 1.5 pounds) carnivorous mammal that lives in Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa.AnswerIn Afrikaans meerkat generally translates to marsh cat.AnswerMeer has a few meanings in Afrikaans - it can mean 'more' or 'like'Kat is exactly what it sounds like - catSo a meerkat is a cat-like animalMeerkat - In the Afrikaans language (derived from African dialects and Dutch population in South Africa) from the Dutch word meercatte, meaning "sea cat" or "lake cat."The English equivalent is meercat. The meerkat or suricate Suricata suricatta is a small mammal and a member of the mongoose family. It inhabits all parts of the Kalahari Desert in Botswana and South Africa."Marsh cat" would be a rough translation. The word is derived from the Dutch meercatte, which means "sea cat" or "lake cat".It is composed of two words namely 'meer' which means lake or dam and 'kat' which means cat. The word "meerkat" is the same in English as it is in Afrikaans - it's pronounced meeer-kat in both languages.The Dutch misidentified the suricate, a member of the mongoose family as a member of the Cercopithecus genus. Meerkat means "lake cat", but the animal lives primarily in arid semi-desert areas.


When you have permanent smell of cat urine in the house?

natures miracle best product ever