🐿️ Eastern gray squirrel vs Meerkat 🦡
The meerkat is about twice as long as the eastern gray squirrel.
| Row | 🐿️ Eastern gray squirrel | 🦡 Meerkat |
|---|---|---|
| Top speed Neither has a checked number yet. | no checked number yet | no checked number yet |
| Weight We don't have a checked number for the eastern gray squirrel yet. | no checked number yet | 1.6 lb725 g1 |
| Lives The meerkat usually lives about 3 times as long as the eastern gray squirrel. | 1 year to 6 years1 year to 6 years2 | 10 years10 years3 |
| Eats The eastern gray squirrel eats plants; the meerkat eats bugs. | nuts, acorns, seeds, buds and fruit | insects, spiders, scorpions and small lizards |
| Lives in They live in different kinds of places, so they would hardly ever meet. | forests, parks and backyards of eastern North America | the dry grasslands and deserts of southern Africa |
Which one? Eastern gray squirrel or meerkat
🏁 Who would win the race?
We don't have a checked top speed for the eastern gray squirrel or the meerkat yet, so there is no race.
We only race. Real animals mostly avoid each other. A race is the only fair contest: who reaches the tree first, by top speed.
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Where these numbers come from
- Wikidata, from Suricata suricatta, checked 30 October 2026.
- National Park Service, Lowell, checked 30 October 2026.
- Smithsonian's National Zoo, Meerkat, checked 30 October 2026.
- National Park Service, Castle Clinton, checked 30 October 2026.