List_of_nocturnal_animals
This is a list of nocturnal animals and groups of animals. Birds are listed separately in the list of nocturnal birds.
This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.
For the 2016 American drama film, see Nocturnal Animals (film).
- 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[citation needed]
- Bilby[6]
- Binturong[7]
- Black rhinoceros
- Black rat[8]
- Black-footed cat
- Bobcat
- Brown rat[9]
- Galago (bushbaby)[10]
- Bush rat[11]
- Capybara (some are crepuscular)[12]
- Caracal[13]
- Cat (can be awake at any time of day or night but are mostly crepuscular)
- Catfish[14][15]
- Cheetah[citation needed]
- Chinchilla[16]
- Civet[17]
- Cockroach[18]
- Cougar[19]
- Coyote[20][21]
- Cricket[22]
- Cacomistle
- Cyprus spiny mouse[23]
- Dingo[citation needed]
- Dog (can be awake at any time of day or night)
- Dolphin
- Dwarf crocodile[24]
- Eastern woolly lemur[25]
- Firefly[26]
- Flying squirrel[27][28]
- Genet (animal)
- Gerbil[29] (some are diurnal or crepuscular[30])
- Giraffe (possibly crepuscular)
- Gray wolf[31]
- Great grey slug[32][33]
- Great white shark[citation needed] (possibly crepuscular)
- Hamster[29][34]
- Hedgehog[35]
- Hermit crab[36][37]
- Hippopotamus
- Honey badger[38][39]
- Hyena[40]
- Hoffmann's two-toed sloth[41]
- Iranian jerboa[42][43]
- Jaguar (bordering on crepuscular)
- Kangaroo (most, a few are crepuscular)[44]
- Koala (mostly nocturnal)[45][46]
- Kinkajou[47]
- Kit fox (mostly)[48]
- Leopard[49]
- Leopard Gecko[50]
- Lhasa Apso
- Lion (bordering on crepuscular)[51][52]
- Lynx
- Margay[53]
- Mink (bordering on crepuscular)[54][55]
- Mole
- Mouse[56][57]
- Nightingale
- Nightjar
- Nine-banded armadillo[58]
- Octodon (except the diurnal degus species)[59]
- Oncilla[60][61]
- Ocelot
- Opossum[62][63]
- Orca[citation needed] (for a few reasons)
- Otter
- Owl
- Owl monkey
- Pacarana
- Panamanian night monkey[64][65]
- Pangolin[66]
- Platypus[citation needed]
- Paradoxical frog[67][68]
- Polar bear[citation needed]
- Porcupine[69]
- Possum[70]
- Puma[71]
- Python regius[72]
- Quoll
- Rabbit rat[73]
- Raccoon[74][75]
- Red-eyed tree frog[76][77]
- Red fox
- Ringtail
- Scorpion[78]
- Skunk[79]
- Slender loris[80]
- Slow loris[81]
- Spectacled bear[82]
- Sportive lemur
- Sugar glider
- Tapeti[83][84]
- Tarantula[85]
- Tarsier[86]
- Tasmanian devil
- Tiger (most species)[87][88]
- Turtle
- Onychophora
- Western woolly lemur
- Whale
- Whale shark
- Whip-poor-will
- White-faced storm petrel (when caring for young)[89]
- White-tailed deer (bordering on crepuscular)[90]
- Wild boar[91]
- Wolverine
- Wombat[92]
- 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[93]
- Tyrannosaurus[94]
- Velociraptor[95]
- 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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- "Wildlife Directory: Coyote – Living with Wildlife". University of Illinois. Archived from the original on 2012-01-21. Retrieved 2011-12-03.
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- "Facts on Gerbils and Hamsters". PETA. 25 June 2010.
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- "Great Grey Slug Archive". Animal Facts For Kids - Wild Facts.
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- "Hedgehogs". Archived from the original on 2013-02-12.
- "Hermit crab store at Bloomington Minnesota". Archived from the original on 2011-11-25. Retrieved 2011-12-03.
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- "Two-toed Sloth Fact Sheet". Archived from the original on 2014-11-04. Retrieved 2011-12-06.
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- "Oncilla or 'Little Spotted Cat'". Archived from the original on 2011-01-09. Retrieved 2011-12-12.
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- "Paradoxical frog ( Pseudis paradoxus )". WildAnimalsOnline.com. Archived from the original on 2011-12-16. Retrieved 2011-12-12.
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- "North American porcupine — Erethizon dorsatum (Linnaeus, 1758)". Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Archived from the original on June 7, 2014. Retrieved July 26, 2012.
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