Short communication, Note

First quantitative description of sentinel posts in wild meerkats

Mićo Tatalović ; 7-11 Basil Street, SW3 1AX, London, UK

Abstract

Meerkats (Suricata suricatta) are small, cooperative, carnivorous mammals that engage in sentinel behaviour in which an individual keeps guard from an elevated post while the rest of the group is foraging. I present the first quantitative description of where and how high meerkats guard.

Keywords

sentinel behaviour; sentinel post; vigilance; meerkat

Hrčak ID:

94514

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/94514

Publication date:

31.12.2012.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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