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.
Known nocturnal animals
- Aardvark
- Aye-aye[1]
- Badger[2]
- Bandicoot
- Bat[3]
- Bat-eared fox[4]
- Beaver
- Binturong[5]
- Bilby[6]
- Black rhinoceros
- Black rat[7]
- Brown rat[8]
- Galago (bushbaby)[9]
- Bush rat[10]
- Capybara (some are crepuscular)[11]
- Caracal[12]
- Catfish[13][14]
- Chinchilla[15]
- Civet [16]
- Cockroach[17]
- Cougar[18]
- Coyote[19][20]
- Cricket[21]
- Cyprus spiny mouse[22]
- Dingo
- Dwarf crocodile[23]
- Eastern woolly lemur[24]
- Firefly[25]
- Flying squirrel[26][27]
- Gerbil[28] (some are diurnal or crepuscular[29])
- Great grey slug[30][31]
- Hamster[28][32]
- Hedgehog[33]
- Hermit crab[34][35]
- Honey badger[36][37]
- Hyena[38][39]
- Hoffmann's two-toed sloth[40]
- Iranian jerboa[41][42]
- Jaguar (bordering on crepuscular)
- Kangaroo (most, a few are crepuscular)[43]
- Koala (mostly nocturnal)[44][45]
- Kinkajou[46]
- Kit fox (mostly)[47]
- Leopard[48]
- Leopard Gecko[49]
- Lion (bordering on crepuscular)[50][51]
- Margay[52]
- Mink (bordering on crepuscular)[53][54]
- Mole
- Mouse[55][56]
- Nine-banded armadillo[57]
- Octodon (except the diurnal degus species)[58]
- Oncilla[59][60]
- Ocelot
- Opossum[61][62]
- Owl
- Panamanian night monkey[63][64]
- Pangolin[65]
- Platypus
- Paradoxical frog[66][67]
- Porcupine[68]
- Possum[69]
- Python regius[70]
- Quoll
- Rabbit rat[71]
- Raccoon[72][73]
- Red-eyed tree frog[74][75]
- Red fox
- Scorpion[76]
- Skunk[77]
- Slow loris[78]
- Slender loris[79]
- Spectacled bear[80]
- Sportive lemur
- Sugar glider
- Tapeti[81][82]
- Tarantula[83]
- Tarsier[84]
- Tasmanian devil
- Tiger (most species)[85][86]
- Onychophora
- Western woolly lemur
- Whip-poor-will
- White-faced storm petrel (when caring for young)[87]
- White-tailed deer (bordering on crepuscular)[88]
- Wombat[89]
Extinct nocturnal animals
- Panthera onca augusta (Pleistocene North American jaguar)
- Panthera onca mesembrina (Pleistocene South American jaguar)
- Palaeochiropteryx
- Tyto pollens
- Thylacine
- Troodon[90]
- Velociraptor[91]
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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