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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]].
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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[[File:Procyon lotor (raccoon).jpg|thumb|alt=A raccoon lays on a tree branch with its two front paws dangling off. |Raccoons are one of many nocturnal animals]]
[[File:Procyon lotor (raccoon).jpg|thumb|alt=A raccoon lays on a tree branch with its two front paws dangling off. |Raccoons are one of many nocturnal animals]]
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* [[Bat]]<ref name="bat">{{cite web |url=http://www.si.edu/Encyclopedia_SI/nmnh/batfacts.htm |title=Encyclopedia Smithsonian: Bat Facts}}</ref>
* [[Bat]]<ref name="bat">{{cite web |url=http://www.si.edu/Encyclopedia_SI/nmnh/batfacts.htm |title=Encyclopedia Smithsonian: Bat Facts}}</ref>
* [[Bat-eared fox]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/wildfacts/factfiles/159.shtml |title=Bat-eared fox |work=[[BBC Online]] |access-date=18 May 2010}}</ref>
* [[Bat-eared fox]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/wildfacts/factfiles/159.shtml |title=Bat-eared fox |work=[[BBC Online]] |access-date=18 May 2010}}</ref>
* [[Beaver]]<ref name="q129">{{cite journal | last=Swinnen | first=Kristijn R.R. | last2=Hughes | first2=Nelika K. | last3=Leirs | first3=Herwig | title=Beaver (Castor fiber) activity patterns in a predator-free landscape. What is keeping them in the dark? | journal=Mammalian Biology | volume=80 | issue=6 | date=2015 | doi=10.1016/j.mambio.2015.07.006 | pages=477–483}}</ref>
* [[Beaver]]<ref name="q129">{{cite journal | last=Swinnen | first=Kristijn R.R. | last2=Hughes | first2=Nelika K. | last3=Leirs | first3=Herwig | title=Beaver (Castor fiber) activity patterns in a predator-free landscape. What is keeping them in the dark? | journal=Mammalian Biology | volume=80 | issue=6 | date=2015 | doi=10.1016/j.mambio.2015.07.006 | pages=477–483| hdl=10067/1269160151162165141 | hdl-access=free }}</ref>
* [[Macrotis|Bilby]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.enchantedlearning.com/coloring/nocturnal.shtml |title=Nocturnal Animals |website=AllAboutNature.com}}</ref>
* [[Macrotis|Bilby]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.enchantedlearning.com/coloring/nocturnal.shtml |title=Nocturnal Animals |website=AllAboutNature.com}}</ref>
* [[Binturong]]<ref name="sandiegozoo1">{{cite web |url=http://www.sandiegozoo.org/animalbytes/t-binturong.html |title=Binturong - San Diego Zoo Animals}}</ref>
* [[Binturong]]<ref name="sandiegozoo1">{{cite web |url=http://www.sandiegozoo.org/animalbytes/t-binturong.html |title=Binturong - San Diego Zoo Animals}}</ref>
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* [[Black rat]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://rangerplanet.com/are-rats-nocturnal-what-rats-do-at-night-and-day/ |title=Black Rat - Rangerplanet.com|date=21 August 2019 }}</ref>
* [[Black rat]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://rangerplanet.com/are-rats-nocturnal-what-rats-do-at-night-and-day/ |title=Black Rat - Rangerplanet.com|date=21 August 2019 }}</ref>
* [[Black-footed cat]]
* [[Black-footed cat]]
* [[Bobcat]]
* [[Brown rat]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://rangerplanet.com/are-rats-nocturnal-what-rats-do-at-night-and-day/ |title=Brown Rat - Rangerplanet.com|date=21 August 2019 }}</ref>
* [[Brown rat]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://rangerplanet.com/are-rats-nocturnal-what-rats-do-at-night-and-day/ |title=Brown Rat - Rangerplanet.com|date=21 August 2019 }}</ref>
* [[Galago]] (bushbaby)<ref name="bushbaby">{{cite web |title=Bush Baby |work=African Wildlife Foundation |url=http://www.awf.org/content/wildlife/detail/bushbaby}}</ref>
* [[Galago]] (bushbaby)<ref name="bushbaby">{{cite web |title=Bush Baby |work=African Wildlife Foundation |url=http://www.awf.org/content/wildlife/detail/bushbaby}}</ref>
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*[[Cacomistle]]
*[[Cacomistle]]
* [[Cyprus spiny mouse]]<ref name="spinymouse">{{cite web |url=http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jean.wright93/sm/sm.htm |title=Spiny Mice |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120218052004/http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jean.wright93/sm/sm.htm |archive-date=2012-02-18 }}</ref>
* [[Cyprus spiny mouse]]<ref name="spinymouse">{{cite web |url=http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jean.wright93/sm/sm.htm |title=Spiny Mice |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120218052004/http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jean.wright93/sm/sm.htm |archive-date=2012-02-18 }}</ref>
* [[Dingo]]<ref name="o800">{{cite journal | last=Allen | first=Benjamin L. | last2=Goullet | first2=Mark | last3=Allen | first3=Lee R. | last4=Lisle | first4=Allan | last5=Leung | first5=Luke K.-P. | title=Dingoes at the doorstep: Preliminary data on the ecology of dingoes in urban areas | journal=Landscape and Urban Planning | publisher=Elsevier BV | volume=119 | year=2013 | issn=0169-2046 | doi=10.1016/j.landurbplan.2013.07.008 | pages=131–135}}</ref>
* [[Dingo]]<ref name="o800">{{cite journal | last=Allen | first=Benjamin L. | last2=Goullet | first2=Mark | last3=Allen | first3=Lee R. | last4=Lisle | first4=Allan | last5=Leung | first5=Luke K.-P. | title=Dingoes at the doorstep: Preliminary data on the ecology of dingoes in urban areas | journal=Landscape and Urban Planning | publisher=Elsevier BV | volume=119 | year=2013 | issn=0169-2046 | doi=10.1016/j.landurbplan.2013.07.008 | pages=131–135| doi-access=free }}</ref>
* [[Dolphin]]
* [[Dolphin]]
* [[Dwarf crocodile]]<ref name=EatonIUCN>{{cite book |author=Eaton, M.J. |year=2010 |chapter=Dwarf crocodile Osteolaemus tetraspis |editor=Manolis, S.C. |editor2=C. Stevenson |title=Crocodiles: Status, Survey and Conservation Action Plan | chapter-url=https://www.iucncsg.org/365_docs/attachments/protarea/21%20O-c1d8ab26.pdf |publisher=IUCN Crocodile Specialist Conservation Group |edition=3 |pages=127–132}}</ref>
* [[Dwarf crocodile]]<ref name=EatonIUCN>{{cite book |author=Eaton, M.J. |year=2010 |chapter=Dwarf crocodile Osteolaemus tetraspis |editor=Manolis, S.C. |editor2=C. Stevenson |title=Crocodiles: Status, Survey and Conservation Action Plan | chapter-url=https://www.iucncsg.org/365_docs/attachments/protarea/21%20O-c1d8ab26.pdf |publisher=IUCN Crocodile Specialist Conservation Group |edition=3 |pages=127–132}}</ref>
* [[Eastern woolly lemur]]<ref name="woolylemur">{{cite web |title=Eastern Woolly Lemur (Avahi laniger) |first=Sean |last=Flannery |url=http://www.theprimata.com/avahi_laniger.html}}</ref>
* [[Eastern woolly lemur]]<ref name="woolylemur">{{cite web |title=Eastern Woolly Lemur (Avahi laniger) |first=Sean |last=Flannery |url=http://www.theprimata.com/avahi_laniger.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080208223956/http://www.theprimata.com/avahi_laniger.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=February 8, 2008}}</ref>
* [[Firefly]]<ref name="firefly">{{cite web |url=http://www.thefreedictionary.com/firefly |title=Firefly - definition of firefly by The Free Dictionary |work=TheFreeDictionary.com}}</ref>
* [[Firefly]]<ref name="firefly">{{cite web |url=http://www.thefreedictionary.com/firefly |title=Firefly - definition of firefly by The Free Dictionary |work=TheFreeDictionary.com}}</ref>
* [[Flying squirrel]]<ref name="flysq">[http://www.ksr.ku.edu/libres/mammals_of_kansas/fly-squir.html Kansas University]</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last=Thorington, Jr. |first=R.W |author2=Pitassy, D. |author3=Jansa, S.A. |date=June 2002 |title=Phylogenies of Flying Squirrels (Pteromyinae) |journal=Journal of Mammalian Evolution |volume=9 |issue=1–2 |pages=99–135 |url=http://www.tc.umn.edu/~jansa003/PDFs/Thorington.etal.02.pdf |access-date=2009-07-14 |doi=10.1023/A:1021335912016 |s2cid=12443674 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611111147/http://www.tc.umn.edu/~jansa003/PDFs/Thorington.etal.02.pdf |archive-date=2011-06-11 }}</ref>
* [[Flying squirrel]]<ref name="flysq">[http://www.ksr.ku.edu/libres/mammals_of_kansas/fly-squir.html Kansas University]</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last=Thorington, Jr. |first=R.W |author2=Pitassy, D. |author3=Jansa, S.A. |date=June 2002 |title=Phylogenies of Flying Squirrels (Pteromyinae) |journal=Journal of Mammalian Evolution |volume=9 |issue=1–2 |pages=99–135 |url=http://www.tc.umn.edu/~jansa003/PDFs/Thorington.etal.02.pdf |access-date=2009-07-14 |doi=10.1023/A:1021335912016 |s2cid=12443674 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611111147/http://www.tc.umn.edu/~jansa003/PDFs/Thorington.etal.02.pdf |archive-date=2011-06-11 }}</ref>
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* [[Leopard]]<ref name="nova">{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/leopards/nocturnaleye.html |title=NOVA Online - Leopards of the Night - The Nocturnal Eye|website=[[PBS]] }}</ref>
* [[Leopard]]<ref name="nova">{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/leopards/nocturnaleye.html |title=NOVA Online - Leopards of the Night - The Nocturnal Eye|website=[[PBS]] }}</ref>
* [[Leopard Gecko]]<ref name="animalplanet">{{cite web |url=http://www.animalplanet.com/pets/other-pets/leopardgecko/ |title=Animal Planet - Leopard Gecko Stats and Facts}}</ref>
* [[Leopard Gecko]]<ref name="animalplanet">{{cite web |url=http://www.animalplanet.com/pets/other-pets/leopardgecko/ |title=Animal Planet - Leopard Gecko Stats and Facts}}</ref>
* [[Lhasa Apso]]
* [[Lion]] (bordering on crepuscular)<ref name="earthtouch">[http://www.earth-touch.com/result.php?i=Lions-nocturnal-chorus Lions' nocturnal chorus ] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120420172909/http://www.earth-touch.com/result.php?i=Lions-nocturnal-chorus |date=2012-04-20 }}</ref><ref name="phxzoo">[http://www.phoenixzoo.org/learn/animals/animal_detail.aspx?FACT_SHEET_ID=100001 Phoenix Zoo Fact Sheet - Lions] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120415054339/http://www.phoenixzoo.org/learn/animals/animal_detail.aspx?FACT_SHEET_ID=100001 |date=2012-04-15 }}</ref>
* [[Lion]] (bordering on crepuscular)<ref name="earthtouch">[http://www.earth-touch.com/result.php?i=Lions-nocturnal-chorus Lions' nocturnal chorus ] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120420172909/http://www.earth-touch.com/result.php?i=Lions-nocturnal-chorus |date=2012-04-20 }}</ref><ref name="phxzoo">[http://www.phoenixzoo.org/learn/animals/animal_detail.aspx?FACT_SHEET_ID=100001 Phoenix Zoo Fact Sheet - Lions] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120415054339/http://www.phoenixzoo.org/learn/animals/animal_detail.aspx?FACT_SHEET_ID=100001 |date=2012-04-15 }}</ref>
* [[Lynx]]
* [[Margay]]<ref name="margay">{{cite web |url=http://www.anywherecostarica.com/flora-fauna/mammal/margay |title=Margay}}</ref>
* [[Margay]]<ref name="margay">{{cite web |url=http://www.anywherecostarica.com/flora-fauna/mammal/margay |title=Margay}}</ref>
* [[Mink]] (bordering on crepuscular)<ref name="mink1">{{cite web |url=http://www.bear-tracker.com/mink.html |title=Animal Tracks - Mink (Mustela vison AKA Neovison vison) |first=Kim A. |last=Cabrera}}</ref><ref name="mink2">[http://www.wildcru.org/research/research-detail/?project_id=37 Wildlife Conservation Research Unit] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111209002655/http://www.wildcru.org/research/research-detail/?project_id=37 |date=2011-12-09 }}</ref>
* [[Mink]] (bordering on crepuscular)<ref name="mink1">{{cite web |url=http://www.bear-tracker.com/mink.html |title=Animal Tracks - Mink (Mustela vison AKA Neovison vison) |first=Kim A. |last=Cabrera}}</ref><ref name="mink2">[http://www.wildcru.org/research/research-detail/?project_id=37 Wildlife Conservation Research Unit] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111209002655/http://www.wildcru.org/research/research-detail/?project_id=37 |date=2011-12-09 }}</ref>
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* [[Panamanian night monkey]]<ref name="monk3">{{cite web |title=Primate Factsheets: Owl monkey (Aotus) Taxonomy, Morphology, & Ecology |url=http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/factsheets/entry/owl_monkey}}</ref><ref name="monk4">{{cite web |url=http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/39953/0 |title=Aotus zonalis (Panamanian Night Monkey)}}</ref>
* [[Panamanian night monkey]]<ref name="monk3">{{cite web |title=Primate Factsheets: Owl monkey (Aotus) Taxonomy, Morphology, & Ecology |url=http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/factsheets/entry/owl_monkey}}</ref><ref name="monk4">{{cite web |url=http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/39953/0 |title=Aotus zonalis (Panamanian Night Monkey)}}</ref>
* [[Pangolin]]<ref name="pangolin">{{cite web |url=http://www.awf.org/content/wildlife/detail/pangolin |title=Pangolin |work=African Wildlife Foundation |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090417080037/http://www.awf.org/content/wildlife/detail/pangolin |archive-date=2009-04-17 }}</ref>
* [[Pangolin]]<ref name="pangolin">{{cite web |url=http://www.awf.org/content/wildlife/detail/pangolin |title=Pangolin |work=African Wildlife Foundation |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090417080037/http://www.awf.org/content/wildlife/detail/pangolin |archive-date=2009-04-17 }}</ref>
* [[Platypus]]<ref name="m102">{{cite journal | last=Hawke | first=Tahneal | last2=Bino | first2=Gilad | last3=Kingsford | first3=Richard T. | last4=Iervasi | first4=Dion | last5=Iervasi | first5=Kylie | last6=Taylor | first6=Matthew D. | title=Long-term movements and activity patterns of platypus on regulated rivers | journal=Scientific Reports | publisher=Springer Science and Business Media LLC | volume=11 | issue=1 | date=2021-02-11 | issn=2045-2322 | doi=10.1038/s41598-021-81142-6 | page=}}</ref>
* [[Platypus]]<ref name="m102">{{cite journal | last=Hawke | first=Tahneal | last2=Bino | first2=Gilad | last3=Kingsford | first3=Richard T. | last4=Iervasi | first4=Dion | last5=Iervasi | first5=Kylie | last6=Taylor | first6=Matthew D. | title=Long-term movements and activity patterns of platypus on regulated rivers | journal=Scientific Reports | publisher=Springer Science and Business Media LLC | volume=11 | issue=1 | date=2021-02-11 | issn=2045-2322 | doi=10.1038/s41598-021-81142-6 | page=| pmc=7878892 }}</ref>
* [[Pseudis paradoxa|Paradoxical frog]]<ref name="pfrog1">{{cite web |title=Paradoxical frog ( ''Pseudis paradoxus'' ) |url=http://www.wildanimalsonline.com/amphibians/paradoxicalfrog.php |website=WildAnimalsOnline.com |access-date=2011-12-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111216202704/http://www.wildanimalsonline.com/amphibians/paradoxicalfrog.php |archive-date=2011-12-16 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="pfrog2">{{cite web |title=Nocturnal Animals |url=http://www.buzzle.com/articles/nocturnal-animals.html |access-date=2011-12-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111009112001/http://www.buzzle.com/articles/nocturnal-animals.html |archive-date=2011-10-09 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Pseudis paradoxa|Paradoxical frog]]<ref name="pfrog1">{{cite web |title=Paradoxical frog ( ''Pseudis paradoxus'' ) |url=http://www.wildanimalsonline.com/amphibians/paradoxicalfrog.php |website=WildAnimalsOnline.com |access-date=2011-12-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111216202704/http://www.wildanimalsonline.com/amphibians/paradoxicalfrog.php |archive-date=2011-12-16 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="pfrog2">{{cite web |title=Nocturnal Animals |url=http://www.buzzle.com/articles/nocturnal-animals.html |access-date=2011-12-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111009112001/http://www.buzzle.com/articles/nocturnal-animals.html |archive-date=2011-10-09 |url-status=usurped}}</ref>
* [[Porcupine]]<ref name="pornoc">{{cite web |url=http://www.nhm.org/site/explore-exhibits/permanent-exhibits/north-american-mammals/porcupine |title=North American porcupine&nbsp;— Erethizon dorsatum (Linnaeus, 1758) |publisher=Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County |access-date=July 26, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140607082910/http://www.nhm.org/site/explore-exhibits/permanent-exhibits/north-american-mammals/porcupine |archive-date=June 7, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Porcupine]]<ref name="pornoc">{{cite web |url=http://www.nhm.org/site/explore-exhibits/permanent-exhibits/north-american-mammals/porcupine |title=North American porcupine&nbsp;— Erethizon dorsatum (Linnaeus, 1758) |publisher=Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County |access-date=July 26, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140607082910/http://www.nhm.org/site/explore-exhibits/permanent-exhibits/north-american-mammals/porcupine |archive-date=June 7, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Phalangeriformes|Possum]]<ref name="possum">{{cite web |url=http://rainforest-australia.com/possums.htm |title=! Rainforest Possums ! Tropical Rainforest, Far North Queensland Australia |first=John |last=Chambers |access-date=2012-02-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120128101453/http://rainforest-australia.com/possums.htm |archive-date=2012-01-28 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Phalangeriformes|Possum]]<ref name="possum">{{cite web |url=http://rainforest-australia.com/possums.htm |title=! Rainforest Possums ! Tropical Rainforest, Far North Queensland Australia |first=John |last=Chambers |access-date=2012-02-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120128101453/http://rainforest-australia.com/possums.htm |archive-date=2012-01-28 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
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* [[Sportive lemur]]
* [[Sportive lemur]]
* [[Sugar glider]]
* [[Sugar glider]]
* [[Tapeti]]<ref name="tapeti1">{{cite web |url=http://wildpro.twycrosszoo.org/s/0MLagomorph/Leporidae/Sylvilagus/sylvilagus_brasiliensis.htm |title=Sylvilagus brasiliensis - Tapeti (Species) |access-date=2012-02-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190412195725/http://wildpro.twycrosszoo.org/S/0MLagomorph/Leporidae/Sylvilagus/Sylvilagus_brasiliensis.htm |archive-date=2019-04-12 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="tapeti2">{{cite web |url=http://www.buzzle.com/articles/nocturnal-animals-list.html |title=Nocturnal Animals List |first=Ningthoujam |last=Sandhyarani |work=Buzzle |access-date=2012-02-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120315023220/http://www.buzzle.com/articles/nocturnal-animals-list.html |archive-date=2012-03-15 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Tapeti]]<ref name="tapeti1">{{cite web |url=http://wildpro.twycrosszoo.org/s/0MLagomorph/Leporidae/Sylvilagus/sylvilagus_brasiliensis.htm |title=Sylvilagus brasiliensis - Tapeti (Species) |access-date=2012-02-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190412195725/http://wildpro.twycrosszoo.org/S/0MLagomorph/Leporidae/Sylvilagus/Sylvilagus_brasiliensis.htm |archive-date=2019-04-12 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="tapeti2">{{cite web |url=http://www.buzzle.com/articles/nocturnal-animals-list.html |title=Nocturnal Animals List |first=Ningthoujam |last=Sandhyarani |work=Buzzle |access-date=2012-02-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120315023220/http://www.buzzle.com/articles/nocturnal-animals-list.html |archive-date=2012-03-15 |url-status=usurped}}</ref>
* [[Tarantula]]<ref name="tarantula">[http://pp.desertmuseum.org/kids/oz/long-fact-sheets/tarantula.php Desert Museum] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120118140038/http://pp.desertmuseum.org/kids/oz/long-fact-sheets/tarantula.php |date=2012-01-18 }}</ref>
* [[Tarantula]]<ref name="tarantula">[http://pp.desertmuseum.org/kids/oz/long-fact-sheets/tarantula.php Desert Museum] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120118140038/http://pp.desertmuseum.org/kids/oz/long-fact-sheets/tarantula.php |date=2012-01-18 }}</ref>
* [[Tarsier]]<ref name="tarsier">{{cite web |url=http://www.factzoo.com/mammals/tarsiers.html |title=Tarsiers - The Big-Eyed, Ancient, Nocturnal Mammal|date=21 January 2009 }}</ref>
* [[Tarsier]]<ref name="tarsier">{{cite web |url=http://www.factzoo.com/mammals/tarsiers.html |title=Tarsiers - The Big-Eyed, Ancient, Nocturnal Mammal|date=21 January 2009 }}</ref>

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For the 2016 American drama film, see Nocturnal Animals (film).

This is a list of nocturnal animals and groups of animals. There is also a more specific 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.
A raccoon lays on a tree branch with its two front paws dangling off.
Raccoons are one of many nocturnal animals

Known nocturnal animals

Extinct nocturnal animals

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

References

  1. ^ "Aye-Aye Daubentonia madagascariensis". National Geographic. Retrieved 18 May 2010.
  2. ^ "African Elephant". Oakland Zoo. Retrieved 17 September 2023. Most African elephants are diurnal though some herds who live near human populations have become mostly nocturnal to avoid human interactions.
  3. ^ Kansas University
  4. ^ "Encyclopedia Smithsonian: Bat Facts".
  5. ^ "Bat-eared fox". BBC Online. Retrieved 18 May 2010.
  6. ^ Swinnen, Kristijn R.R.; Hughes, Nelika K.; Leirs, Herwig (2015). "Beaver (Castor fiber) activity patterns in a predator-free landscape. What is keeping them in the dark?". Mammalian Biology. 80 (6): 477–483. doi:10.1016/j.mambio.2015.07.006. hdl:10067/1269160151162165141.
  7. ^ "Nocturnal Animals". AllAboutNature.com.
  8. ^ "Binturong - San Diego Zoo Animals".
  9. ^ "Black Rat - Rangerplanet.com". 21 August 2019.
  10. ^ "Brown Rat - Rangerplanet.com". 21 August 2019.
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