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List of nocturnal animals
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This is a list of nocturnal animals and groups of animals. There is also a more specific list of nocturnal birds.
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Known nocturnal animals
- 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]
- Catfish[15][16]
- Chinchilla[17]
- Civet[18]
- Cockroach[19]
- Cougar[20][21]
- Coyote[22][23]
- Cricket[24]
- Cacomistle
- Cyprus spiny mouse[25]
- Dingo[26]
- Dolphin
- Dwarf crocodile[27]
- Domestic cat (can be awake at any time of day or night but are mostly crepuscular)
- Eastern woolly lemur[28]
- Firefly[29]
- Flying squirrel[30][31]
- Genet (animal)
- Gerbil[32] (some are diurnal or crepuscular[33])
- Giraffe (possibly crepuscular)
- Gray wolf[34]
- Great grey slug[35][36]
- Great white shark[37] (possibly crepuscular)
- Hamster[32][38]
- Hedgehog[39]
- Hermit crab[40][41]
- Hippopotamus
- Honey badger[42][43]
- Hyena[44]
- Hoffmann's two-toed sloth[45]
- Iranian jerboa[46][47]
- Jaguar (bordering on crepuscular)
- Kangaroo (most, a few are crepuscular)[48]
- Koala (mostly nocturnal)[49][50]
- Kinkajou[51]
- Kit fox (mostly)[52]
- Leopard[53]
- Leopard Gecko[54]
- Lion (bordering on crepuscular)[55][56]
- Margay[57]
- Mink (bordering on crepuscular)[58][59]
- Mole
- Mouse[60][61]
- Nightingale
- Night heron
- Nightjar
- Night monkey[62][63][64]
- Nine-banded armadillo[65]
- Octodon (except the diurnal degus species)[66]
- Oncilla[67][68]
- Ocelot
- Opossum[69][70]
- Otter
- Owl
- Pacarana
- Pangolin[71]
- Platypus[72]
- Paradoxical frog[73][74]
- Porcupine[75]
- Possum[76]
- Python regius[77]
- Quoll
- Rabbit rat[78]
- Raccoon[79][80]
- Red-eyed tree frog[81][82]
- Red fox
- Ringtail
- Sambar Deer
- Scorpion[83]
- Skunk[84]
- Slender loris[85]
- Slow loris[86]
- Spectacled bear[87]
- Sportive lemur
- Sugar glider
- Tamandua
- 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]
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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 night.
- Vespertine, a classification of organisms that are only or primarily active in the evening.
- Circadian rhythm
- Chronotype
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