10.5" Plush Meerkat. The meerkat is a small mammal and a member of the mongoose family. It inhabits all parts of the Kalahari Desert in Botswana and South Africa. A group of meerkats is called a "mob," "gang," or "clan". A meerkat clan often contains about 20 meerkats at a time. If you get two cases, that should give you a pretty good size family group! (Meerkat only - the moss covered wood he is standing on is for the picture only.)