### Clue: Agreed to keep one pet meerkat? (8)
### Answer: SURICATE 
 ### Explanation: Definition: meerkat
 SURE(agreed/an expression of assent as in "Please do this" "Sure") **containing**(to keep) [I(Roman numeral for "one") + CAT(an example of a pet).
Defn: … by its native South African name.