This is a list of nocturnal animals and groups of animals. There is also a more specific list of nocturnal birds.
Known nocturnal animals
edit- Aardvark
- Aye-aye[1]
- African elephant (possibly crepuscular; when near humans, otherwise diurnal)[2]
- American black bear
- Badger[3]
- Bandicoot
- Bat[4]
- Bat-eared fox[5]
- Beaver[6]
- Bilby[7]
- Binturong[8]
- Black rhinoceros
- Black rat[9]
- Black-footed cat
- Brown rat[10]
- Galago (bushbaby)[11]
- Bush rat[12]
- Capybara (some are crepuscular)[13]
- Caracal[14]
- Cat (can be awake at any time of day or night but are mostly crepuscular)
- Catfish[15][16]
- Chinchilla[17]
- Civet[18]
- Cockroach[19]
- Cougar[20]
- Coyote[21][22]
- Cricket[23]
- Cacomistle
- Cyprus spiny mouse[24]
- Dingo[25]
- Dolphin
- Dwarf crocodile[26]
- Eastern woolly lemur[27]
- Firefly[28]
- Flying squirrel[29][30]
- Genet (animal)
- Gerbil[31] (some are diurnal or crepuscular[32])
- Giraffe (possibly crepuscular)
- Gray wolf[33]
- Great grey slug[34][35]
- Great white shark[36] (possibly crepuscular)
- Hamster[31][37]
- Hedgehog[38]
- Hermit crab[39][40]
- Hippopotamus
- Honey badger[41][42]
- Hyena[43]
- Hoffmann's two-toed sloth[44]
- Iranian jerboa[45][46]
- Jaguar (bordering on crepuscular)
- Kangaroo (most, a few are crepuscular)[47]
- Koala (mostly nocturnal)[48][49]
- Kinkajou[50]
- Kit fox (mostly)[51]
- Leopard[52]
- Leopard Gecko[53]
- Lion (bordering on crepuscular)[54][55]
- Margay[56]
- Mink (bordering on crepuscular)[57][58]
- Mole
- Mouse[59][60]
- Nightingale
- Nightjar
- Nine-banded armadillo[61]
- Octodon (except the diurnal degus species)[62]
- Oncilla[63][64]
- Ocelot
- Opossum[65][66]
- Otter
- Owl
- Owl monkey[67]
- Pacarana
- Panamanian night monkey[68][69]
- Pangolin[70]
- Platypus[71]
- Paradoxical frog[72][73]
- Porcupine[74]
- Possum[75]
- Puma[76]
- Python regius[77]
- Quoll
- Rabbit rat[78]
- Raccoon[79][80]
- Red-eyed tree frog[81][82]
- Red fox
- Ringtail
- Scorpion[83]
- Skunk[84]
- Slender loris[85]
- Slow loris[86]
- Spectacled bear[87]
- Sportive lemur
- Sugar glider
- Tapeti[88][89]
- Tarantula[90]
- Tarsier[91]
- Tasmanian devil
- Tiger (most species)[92][93]
- Turtle
- Onychophora
- Western woolly lemur
- Whale
- Whale shark
- Whip-poor-will
- White-faced storm petrel (when caring for young)[94]
- White-tailed deer (bordering on crepuscular)[95]
- Wild boar[96]
- Wolverine
- Wombat[97]
Extinct nocturnal animals
edit- Allosaurus
- Ceratosaurus
- Coelophysis
- Ctenochasma
- Deinonychus
- Majungasaurus
- Ornitholestes
- Palaeochiropteryx
- Panthera onca augusta (Pleistocene North American jaguar)
- Panthera onca mesembrina (Pleistocene South American jaguar)
- Rhamphorhynchus
- Shuvuuia
- Thylacinus cynocephalus (Thylacine)
- Troodon[98]
- Tyrannosaurus[99]
- Velociraptor[100]
See also
edit- 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 night.
- Vespertine, a classification of organisms that are only or primarily active in the evening.
- Circadian rhythm
- Chronotype
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