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This is a list of nocturnal animals and groups of animals. Birds are listed separately in the List of nocturnal birds.
Known nocturnal animals
- Aye-aye[1]
- Badger[2]
- Bat[3]
- Bat-eared fox[4]
- Beaver[citation needed]
- Binturong[5]
- Bilby[6]
- Galago (bushbaby)[7]
- Bush rat[8]
- Caracal[9]
- Cat[10]
- Catfish[11][12]
- Chinchilla[13]
- Civet [citation needed]
- Cockroach[14]
- Cougar[15]
- Coyote[16][17]
- Cricket[18]
- Cyprus spiny mouse[19]
- Dingo[citation needed]
- Dwarf crocodile[citation needed]
- Dog[citation needed]
- Eastern woolly lemur[20]
- Firefly[21]
- Flying squirrel[22][23]
- Gerbil[24] (some are diurnal or crepuscular[25])
- Gray wolf
- Great grey slug[26][27]
- Hamster[24][28]
- Hedgehog[29]
- Honey badger[30][31]
- Hyena[citation needed]
- Hermit crab[32][33]
- Hoffmann's two-toed sloth[34]
- Iranian jerboa[35][36]
- Kangaroo (most, a few are crepuscular)[37]
- Koala (mostly nocturnal)[38][39]
- Kinkajou [40]
- Kit fox (mostly)[41]
- Leopard[42]
- Leopard gecko
- Lion (bordering on crepuscular)[43][44]
- Margay[45]
- Mink (bordering on crepuscular)[46][47]
- Mouse[48][49]
- Nine-banded armadillo[50][51]
- Octodon(except the diurnal degus species)[52]
- Oncilla[53][54]
- Ocelot
- Opossum[55][56]
- Owl
- Panamanian night monkey[57][58]
- Pangolin[59]
- Paradoxical frog[60][61]
- Porcupine[62]
- Possum[63]
- Python regius[64]
- Rabbit rat[65]
- Raccoon[66][67]
- Red-eyed tree frog[68][69]
- Red fox
- Scorpion[70]
- Skunk[71]
- Slow loris[72]
- Spectacled bear[73]
- Sportive lemur
- Sugar glider
- Tapeti[74][75]
- Tarantula[76]
- Tarsier[77]
- Tiger (most species)[78][79]
- Western woolly lemur
- White-faced storm petrel (when caring for young)[80]
- White-tailed deer (or crepuscular)[81]
- Wombat[82]
Extinct nocturnal animals
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- Panthera onca augusta (Pleistocene North American jaguar)
- Panthera onca mesembrina (Pleistocene South American jaguar)
- Palaeochiropteryx
- Tyto pollens
- Thylacine
- Troodon
- Velociraptor
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
References
- ^ "Aye-Aye Daubentonia madagascariensis". National Geographic. Retrieved 18 May 2010.
- ^ Kansas University
- ^ Smithsonian Institution
- ^ "Bat-eared fox". BBC Online. Retrieved 18 May 2010.
- ^ San Diego Zoo
- ^ [1]
- ^ African Wildlife Foundation
- ^ WIRES
- ^ Briggs, Philip (2009). "Tanzania: With Zanzibar, Pemba & Mafia". Bradt Travel Guides. p. 28.
{{cite web}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help); Missing or empty|url=(help) - ^ Animal Humane Society
- ^ Animal World
- ^ Scientific American
- ^ Chinchilla Facts
- ^ 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
- ^ Thorington, Jr., R.W; Pitassy, D.; Jansa, S.A. (June 2002). "Phylogenies of Flying Squirrels (Pteromyinae)" (PDF). Journal of Mammalian Evolution. 9 (1–2): 99–135. doi:10.1023/A:1021335912016. Retrieved 2009-07-14.
- ^ a b Peta
- ^ UM Museum of Zoology - Gerbillinae
- ^ Wildlife-Facts.com
- ^ Good words University of California (1880) , Volume 21, page 243
- ^ AFRMA Rat & Mouse Tales
- ^ WildlifeTrust.org.uk
- ^ Badgers.co.uk
- ^ HoneyBadger.com
- ^ Hermit-Crabs.com
- ^ Hermitcrabs.org
- ^ San Diego Zoo Factsheet
- ^ ZSL
- ^ Wildlife Journal Junior
- ^ Australian Dept. of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- ^ Australian Koala Foundation
- ^ Koala Facts - All About Koalas
- ^ [2]
- ^ 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
- ^ Behney - Explorations of Deer-Mouse
- ^ The Field Mouse
- ^ Armadillo Observation
- ^ Mammals of Kansas - Kansas University
- ^ 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
- ^ "North American porcupine — Erethizon dorsatum (Linnaeus, 1758)". Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Retrieved July 26, 2012.
- ^ 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
- ^ 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