Suricata suricatta vs meerkat

Suricata suricatta and meerkat both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Suricata suricatta	Yes	No	No	No
meerkat	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, meerkat is a hypernym of Suricata suricatta; that is, meerkat is a word with a broader meaning than Suricata suricatta:

Suricata suricatta: a meerkat with a thin and elongated tail
meerkat: a mongoose-like viverrine of South Africa having a face like a lemur and only four toes

Other hypernyms of Suricata suricatta include mierkat.

Suricata suricatta (noun)	meerkat (noun)
a meerkat with a thin and elongated tail	a mongoose-like viverrine of South Africa having a face like a lemur and only four toes