List of nocturnal animals
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This is a list of nocturnal animals and groups of animals.
- Aye-aye[1]
- Badger[2]
- Bat[3]
- Bat-eared Fox[4]
- Binturong[5]
- Bushbaby[6]
- Bush Rat[7]
- Cat[8]
- Catfish[9][10]
- Cockroach[11]
- Cougar[12]
- Coyote[13][14]
- Cricket (insect)[15]
- Cyprus Spiny Mouse[16]
- Eastern Woolly Lemur[17]
- Firefly[18]
- Flying Squirrel[19]
- Galagos[6]
- [Giraffe]][20]
- Great Grey Slug[21][22]
- Hamster[23][20]
- Hedgehog[24]
- Hermit Crab[25] [26]
- Kangaroo (most, a few are crepuscular)[27]
- Koala (mostly nocturnal)[28][29]
- Hoffmann's Two-toed Sloth[30]
- Iranian Jerboa[31][32]
- Kit Fox (mostly)[33]
- Leopard[34]
- Lion (bordering on crepuscular)[35][36]
- Margay[37]
- Mink (bordering on crepuscular)[38][39]
- Mole[40]
- Mouse[41][42]
- Nine-banded Armadillo[43][44]
- Octodon(except the dinural degus species)[45][46]
- Oncilla[47][48]
- Opossum[49][50]
- Panamanian Night Monkey[51][52]
- Pangolin[53]
- Paradoxical Frog[54][55]
- Possum[56]
- Python regius[57]
- Rabbit rat[58]
- Raccoon[59][60]
- Ratel (Honey Badger) [61][62]
- Red-eyed Tree Frog[63] [64]
- Scorpion[65]
- Skunk[66]
- Slow Loris[67]
- Spectacled Bear[68]
- Tapeti[69][70]
- Tarantula[71]
- Tarsier[72]
- Tiger (most species)[73][74]
- Western Woolly Lemur
- White-faced Storm-petrel (when caring for young)[75]
- White-tailed Deer (or crepuscular)[76]
- Wombat[77]
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- Panthera onca augusta (Pleistocene North American Jaguar)
- Panthera onca mesembrina (Pleistocene South American Jaguar)
- Palaeochiropteryx
- Tyto pollens
- Thylacine
[edit] See also
- Crepuscular, a classification of animals that are active primarily during twilight, making them similar to nocturnal animals.
- Diurnality, plant or animal behavior characterized by activity during the day and sleeping at night.
- Cathemeral, a classification of organisms with sporadic and random intervals of activity during the day or night.
- Matutinal, a classification of organisms that are only or primarily active in the pre-dawn hours or early morning.
- Vespertine, a classification of organisms that are only or primarily active in the evening.
- Circadian rhythm
- Chronotype
- List of nocturnal birds
[edit] References
- ^ "Aye-Aye Daubentonia madagascariensis". National Geographic. http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/aye-aye/. Retrieved 18 May 2010.
- ^ Kansas University
- ^ Smithsonian Institute
- ^ "Bat-eared fox". BBC Online. http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/wildfacts/factfiles/159.shtml. Retrieved 18 May 2010.
- ^ San Diego Zoo
- ^ a b African Wildlife Foundation
- ^ WIRES
- ^ Animal Humane Society
- ^ Animal World
- ^ Scientific American
- ^ University of California Integrated Pest Management Program
- ^ National Park Service
- ^ Wisconsin Environmental Education for Kids
- ^ University of Illinois Extension
- ^ University of Arizona, Cricket Info
- ^ NTWORLD
- ^ The Primata
- ^ Free Dictionary.com
- ^ Kansas University
- ^ a b Peta
- ^ Wildlife-Facts.com
- ^ Good words University of California (1880) , Volume 21, page 243
- ^ AFRMA Rat & Mouse Tales
- ^ WildlifeTrust.org.uk
- ^ Hermit-Crabs.com
- ^ Hermitcrabs.org
- ^ Australian Dept. of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- ^ Australian Koala Foundation
- ^ Koala Facts - All About Koalas
- ^ San Diego Zoo Factsheet
- ^ ZSL
- ^ Wildlife Journal Junior
- ^ Digital Desert - Kit Fox
- ^ PBS - Nova, The Nocturnal Eye
- ^ Lions' nocturnal chorus
- ^ Phoenix Zoo Fact Sheet - Lions
- ^ Anywhere Costa Rica
- ^ Bear Tracker
- ^ Wildlife Conservation Research Unit
- ^ Naked Moke Rats, Kristin Petrie, pages 1,2,3
- ^ Behney - Explorations of Deer-Mouse
- ^ The Field Mouse
- ^ Armadillo Observation
- ^ Mammals of Kansas - Kansas University
- ^ Wise Geek
- ^ University of Michigan
- ^ Travel Costa Rica Now
- ^ FelineConserveation.org
- ^ Opossum Society
- ^ Craton.net
- ^ University of Wisconsin
- ^ IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
- ^ African Wildlife Foundation
- ^ Wild Animals Online
- ^ Buzzle
- ^ Chambers Wildlife Rainforest Lodges
- ^ Nad Al Shiba Veterinary Hospital
- ^ Australian Dept. of Sustainability, Water, Population and Communities
- ^ Nature Works
- ^ University of Texas at Austin - Environment, Health and Safety
- ^ Badgers.co.uk
- ^ HoneyBadger.com
- ^ Nocturnal-animals.com
- ^ Rainforest Alliance
- ^ Australian Museum
- ^ TotalWildlifeControl.com
- ^ BBC Nature
- ^ National Geographic
- ^ Wildpro
- ^ Buzzle
- ^ Desert Museum
- ^ ZooFacts.com
- ^ based on work of Peter Jackson - Chairman, Cat Specialist Group
- ^ Animal Corner
- ^ Clark, R. J. and Mikkola, H. (1989) A preliminary revision of threatened and near-threatened nocturnal birds of prey of the world. Pp. 371-388 in Meyburg, B.-U. and Chancellor, R.D., eds. Raptors in the modern world. Berlin and London: World Working Group on Birds of Prey and Owls.
- ^ National Geographic
- ^ Wombania.com
