🦊 Fennec fox vs Meerkat 🦡
The fennec fox is a bit bigger than the meerkat. The fennec fox weighs about one and a half times as much as the meerkat.
| Row | 🦊 Fennec fox | 🦡 Meerkat |
|---|---|---|
| Top speed Neither has a checked number yet. | no checked number yet | no checked number yet |
| Weight The fennec fox weighs about one and a half times as much as the meerkat. | 2 to 3.1 lb900 g to 1.4 kg1 | 1.6 lb725 g2 |
| Lives They are about the same. | 11 years11 years1 | 10 years10 years3 |
| Eats The fennec fox eats plants and animals; the meerkat eats bugs. | insects, small animals, eggs, roots and fruit | insects, spiders, scorpions and small lizards |
| Lives in They can live in the same kind of place. | the Sahara and other deserts of North Africa | the dry grasslands and deserts of southern Africa |
Which one? Fennec fox or meerkat
🏁 Who would win the race?
We don't have a checked top speed for the fennec fox 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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The link carries only the two animals’ names: peabody.kids/animals/compare/fennec-fox-vs-meerkat
Where these numbers come from
- Smithsonian's National Zoo, Fennec fox, checked 30 October 2026.
- Wikidata, from Suricata suricatta, checked 30 October 2026.
- Smithsonian's National Zoo, Meerkat, checked 30 October 2026.