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Aug 11, 2021 · Nocturnal animals are animals that are active at night. They often have special adaptions for nocturnal living, including large eyes for low-light vision, and heightened senses of hearing and smell. Examples of nocturnal animals include aardvarks, bats, moths, owls, raccoons, Tasmanian devils and wolves.
- Aardvark. Orycteropus afer. Mammal. Africa. Carnivore. Aardvarks are nocturnal animals found in Africa. They have long tongues which they use to catch their prey of termites, ants, and insect larvae.
- Aye-aye. Daubentonia madagascariensis. Mammal. Madagascar. Omnivore. The aye-aye is nocturnal and can be found in Madagascar.
- Badger. Taxidea taxus. Mammal. North America. Omnivore. There are several different species of badgers, the most common being the Eurasian Badger.
- Bats. Chiroptera. Mammal. Worldwide. Omnivore. There are over 1400 different species of bats that can be found all around the world except for Antarctica.
Nocturnal Animals – Facts, List, Pictures. Nocturnal animals remain active at night and rest during the day. Animals that do so tend to have particular adaptations compared to diurnal (active during the day) and crepuscular (active at dawn and dusk) animals.
- Badger. Badgers come out at night to feast; an adult badger could consume up to 200 earthworms in a single night. That said, badgers are omnivores and will take advantage of any number of available foods, including fallen fruits, bulbs, snails and slugs, vegetables, and even small mammals.
- Bats. Bats are one of the most famous nocturnal animals. They are the only mammals capable of flight, and they head out at night to feast on insects, fruit, and nectar—depending on the species.
- Crab-Eating Fox. After spending all day in a den, the crab-eating fox comes out in the dark of night to forage for a wide range of prey, from frogs and lizards to rabbits and fish.
- Dormouse. The dormouse is famously adorable. Found mostly snoozing and looking cute during the day, it is a nocturnal species that can be found scurrying along the branches of trees for a meal of fruits, flowers, nuts, and insects.
- Take a look at these fantastic creatures of the night. Nocturnal animals are fascinating creatures. They roam our planet after dusk with particular adaptations, such as enhanced sight, smell or other senses that help them get around in the dark of night.
- Owls. According to the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds in the U.K., the long-eared owl (Asio otus, pictured) is a nocturnal owl and is so secretive, it's rarely seen other than during migration or when leaving, or returning to, a communal roost site in winter.
- Hedgehogs. Not only are hedgehogs nocturnal, they also sleep for a whopping 18 hours a day, according to the San Diego Zoo. Their poor eyesight means they rely on their senses of smell and hearing to help them find food; according to the zoo, they have up to 44 teeth with which to eat meals of fruit, fungi, centipedes, insects, snails, worms, mice, frogs, eggs, birds, snakes and other reptiles, and roots that they find under hedges and other vegetation (hence the name hedgehog, though they also make hog-like snorting noises).
- Bats. Most bats are nocturnal, using echolocation to find their prey (mainly flying insects) in the dark. Pictured here is the rare Bechstein's bat (Myotis bechsteinii), which can be found in parts of southern Wales and southern England.
In this article we learn about 12 examples of nocturnal animals, as well as look at pictures to identify them.
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