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Prairie Terra Natura Murcia have new tenants.

The nature park and animals celebrated the birth of four meerkats (Suricata suricatta), one of the smallest mongooses that exist in the world.

The babies just take a fist and weighs about 100 grams approximately.

This is the fifth time a birth occurs in captivity of this species in the Murcia resort.

The female leader of the pack again and had offspring after a gestation completed nearly two months.

Customarily, the meerkats at every birth usually have between one and six pups.

Thanks to the care of the professionals of the resort and the optimal conditions of the enclosure was possible that this species is replayed.

The colony of meerkats and works in a natural way from that in 2012 reach for the first time, the park the first specimens of the species from other zoos.

Proof of this is that the species has managed to reproduce.

At present, the park has a group of meerkats comprised 8 females and 9 males.

At this time, the colony members involved in the care of the offspring, so that collaborate in the surveillance, feeding and care of the offspring.

Unlike other species, both females and males, the responsibility of caring for small babies spread.

These animals live in the south of the African continent especially in arid and open areas.

Source: Agencias