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Suricata suricatta

Known as: slender-tailed meerkat, suricate 
National Institutes of Health

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Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Group size and the suppression of subordinate reproduction in Kalahari meerkats
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
The function of mobbing in cooperative meerkats
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Intrasexual competition and sexual selection in cooperative mammals
In most animals, the sex that invests least in its offspring competes more intensely for access to the opposite sex and shows… 
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Aggression and submission reflect reproductive conflict between females in cooperatively breeding meerkats Suricata suricatta
In many cooperatively breeding species, dominant females suppress reproduction in subordinates. Although it is commonly assumed… 
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Behavioural tactics of breeders in cooperative meerkats
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
The energetics of lactation in cooperatively breeding meerkats Suricata suricatta
Species may become obligate cooperative breeders when parents are unable to raise their offspring unassisted. We measured the… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Individual contributions to babysitting in a cooperative mongoose, Suricata suricatta
Evolutionary explanations of cooperative breeding based on kin selection have predicted that the individual contributions made by… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Reproductive suppression and inbreeding avoidance in wild populations of co-operatively breeding meerkats (Suricata suricatta)
Abstract Meerkats live in co-operatively breeding familial groups in which reproduction is monopolised by a dominant pair of… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
The effect of pup vocalisations on food allocation in a cooperative mammal, the meerkat (Suricata suricatta)
Abstract In the meerkat (Suricata suricatta), a cooperative mongoose, pups follow potential feeders while the group is foraging… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Reproduction and survival of suricates (Suricata suricatta) in the southern Kalahari
Summary In most respects, the demography of Kalahari suricates (Suricata suricatta) resembles that of other social mongooses… 
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