AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Meerkats are small mammals native to the Kalahari Desert of southern Africa. A group of meerkats is called a mob, gang, or clan.

Detailed explanation-2: -A meerkat group is called a mob. A mob usually has several members from the same family: Mom, Dad, pups, and the pups’ grown brothers and sisters. But the mob also includes unrelated adults that have left their own family groups. According to meerkat rules, only one female and one male are allowed to have pups.

Detailed explanation-3: -The mob is made up of several family groups, with one dominant pair that produces most of the offspring. But meerkats don’t have to be related to belong to the same group. Meerkat mobs spend a lot of their time grooming and playing together to keep the family as a tight unit. This existence helps meerkats survive.

Detailed explanation-4: -Meerkats are social mammals who live in large groups, sometimes comprising of several families living in one large community. These groups are referred to as either a mob, a gang or a clan. Meerkats can be found living in the southern African plains.

Detailed explanation-5: -Meerkats live in all parts of the Kalahari Desert in Botswana, in much of the Namib Desert in Namibia and southwestern Angola, and in South Africa. A group of meerkats is called a “mob", “gang” or “clan".