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Crepuscular animal

Index Crepuscular animal

Crepuscular animals are those that are active primarily during twilight (that is, the periods of dawn and dusk). [1]

64 relations: Adaptation, African wild dog, American woodcock, Animal, Anti-predator adaptation, Barn owl, Bat, Bear, Beetle, Bobcat, Capybara, Cat, Cathemerality, Chimney swift, Chinchilla, Common nighthawk, Crypsis, Dawn, Deer, Diurnality, Dusk, Ferret, Fly, Foraging, Free-ranging dog, Galapagos hawk, Galápagos Islands, Guinea pig, Hamster, Insect, Jaguar, Latin, Lizard, Mammal, Matutinal, Moose, Moth, Mouse, National Museum of Natural History, Nocturnality, Ocelot, Owlet-nightjar, Phalangeriformes, Predation, Quoll, Rabbit, Rat, Red panda, Santa Cruz Island (Galápagos), Short-eared owl, ..., Sitatunga, Skunk, Smithsonian Institution, Snake, Spotted crake, Spotted hyena, Strepsirrhini, Sugar glider, Tenrec, Twilight, Vespertine (biology), Wallaby, White-breasted waterhen, Wombat. Expand index (14 more) »

Adaptation

In biology, adaptation has three related meanings.

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African wild dog

The African wild dog (Lycaon pictus), also known as African hunting dog, African painted dog, painted hunting dog, or painted wolf, is a canid native to Sub-Saharan Africa.

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American woodcock

The American woodcock (Scolopax minor), sometimes colloquially referred to as the timberdoodle, is a small chunky shorebird species found primarily in the eastern half of North America.

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Animal

Animals are multicellular eukaryotic organisms that form the biological kingdom Animalia.

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Anti-predator adaptation

Anti-predator adaptations are mechanisms developed through evolution that assist prey organisms in their constant struggle against predators.

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Barn owl

The barn owl (Tyto alba) is the most widely distributed species of owl and one of the most widespread of all birds.

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Bat

Bats are mammals of the order Chiroptera; with their forelimbs adapted as wings, they are the only mammals naturally capable of true and sustained flight.

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Bear

Bears are carnivoran mammals of the family Ursidae.

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Beetle

Beetles are a group of insects that form the order Coleoptera, in the superorder Endopterygota.

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Bobcat

The bobcat (Lynx rufus) is a North American cat that appeared during the Irvingtonian stage of around 1.8 million years ago (AEO).

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Capybara

The capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) is a mammal native to South America.

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Cat

The domestic cat (Felis silvestris catus or Felis catus) is a small, typically furry, carnivorous mammal.

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Cathemerality

Cathemerality, sometimes called metaturnality, is the behaviour in which an organism has sporadic and random intervals of activity during the day or night in which food is acquired, socializing with other organisms occurs, and any other activities necessary for livelihood are performed.

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Chimney swift

The chimney swift (Chaetura pelagica) is a bird belonging to the swift family Apodidae.

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Chinchilla

Chinchillas are either of two species of crepuscular rodents of the parvorder Caviomorpha.

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Common nighthawk

The common nighthawk (Chordeiles minor) is a medium-sized crepuscular or nocturnal bird within the nightjar family, whose presence and identity are best revealed by its vocalization.

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Crypsis

In ecology, crypsis is the ability of an animal to avoid observation or detection by other animals.

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Dawn

Dawn, from an Old English verb dagian: "to become day", is the time that marks the beginning of twilight before sunrise.

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Deer

Deer (singular and plural) are the ruminant mammals forming the family Cervidae.

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Diurnality

Diurnality is a form of plant or animal behavior characterized by activity during the day, with a period of sleeping, or other inactivity, at night.

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Dusk

Dusk occurs at the darkest stage of twilight, or at the very end of astronomical twilight after sunset and just before night.

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Ferret

The ferret (Mustela putorius furo) is the domesticated form of the European polecat, a mammal belonging to the same genus as the weasel, Mustela of the family Mustelidae.

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Fly

True flies are insects of the order Diptera, the name being derived from the Greek δι- di- "two", and πτερόν pteron "wings".

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Foraging

Foraging is searching for wild food resources.

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Free-ranging dog

A free-ranging dog is a dog that is not confined to a yard or house.

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Galapagos hawk

The Galapagos hawk (Buteo galapagoensis) is a large hawk endemic to most of the Galapagos Islands.

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Galápagos Islands

The Galápagos Islands (official name: Archipiélago de Colón, other Spanish name: Las Islas Galápagos), part of the Republic of Ecuador, are an archipelago of volcanic islands distributed on either side of the equator in the Pacific Ocean surrounding the centre of the Western Hemisphere, west of continental Ecuador.

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Guinea pig

The guinea pig or domestic guinea pig (Cavia porcellus), also known as cavy or domestic cavy, is a species of rodent belonging to the family Caviidae and the genus Cavia.

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Hamster

Hamsters are rodents (order Rodentia) belonging to the subfamily Cricetinae, which contains about 25 species classified in six or seven genera.

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Insect

Insects or Insecta (from Latin insectum) are hexapod invertebrates and the largest group within the arthropod phylum.

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Jaguar

The jaguar (Panthera onca) is a wild cat species and the only extant member of the genus Panthera native to the Americas.

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Latin

Latin (Latin: lingua latīna) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.

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Lizard

Lizards are a widespread group of squamate reptiles, with over 6,000 species, ranging across all continents except Antarctica, as well as most oceanic island chains.

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Mammal

Mammals are the vertebrates within the class Mammalia (from Latin mamma "breast"), a clade of endothermic amniotes distinguished from reptiles (including birds) by the possession of a neocortex (a region of the brain), hair, three middle ear bones, and mammary glands.

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Matutinal

In ecology, matutinal is a term used to describe a characteristic behaviour of crepuscular animals, that is, when they are significantly active during pre-dawn or early morning hours.

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Moose

The moose (North America) or elk (Eurasia), Alces alces, is the largest extant species in the deer family.

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Moth

Moths comprise a group of insects related to butterflies, belonging to the order Lepidoptera.

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Mouse

A mouse (Mus), plural mice, is a small rodent characteristically having a pointed snout, small rounded ears, a body-length scaly tail and a high breeding rate.

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National Museum of Natural History

The National Museum of Natural History is a natural-history museum administered by the Smithsonian Institution, located on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., United States.

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Nocturnality

Nocturnality is an animal behavior characterized by being active during the night and sleeping during the day.

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Ocelot

The ocelot (Leopardus pardalis) is a wild cat native to the southwestern United States, Mexico, Central and South America.

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Owlet-nightjar

Owlet-nightjars are small crepuscular birds related to the nightjars and frogmouths.

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Phalangeriformes

Phalangeriformes is a suborder of any of about 70 small- to medium-sized arboreal marsupial species native to Australia, New Guinea, and Sulawesi (and introduced to New Zealand and China).

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Predation

Predation is a biological interaction where a predator (a hunting animal) kills and eats its prey (the organism that is attacked).

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Quoll

Quolls (genus Dasyurus) are carnivorous marsupials native to mainland Australia, New Guinea, and Tasmania.

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Rabbit

Rabbits are small mammals in the family Leporidae of the order Lagomorpha (along with the hare and the pika).

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Rat

Rats are various medium-sized, long-tailed rodents in the superfamily Muroidea.

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Red panda

The red panda (Ailurus fulgens), also called the lesser panda, the red bear-cat, and the red cat-bear, is a mammal native to the eastern Himalayas and southwestern China.

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Santa Cruz Island (Galápagos)

Santa Cruz Island is one of the Galápagos Islands with an area of and a maximum altitude of.

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Short-eared owl

The short-eared owl (Asio flammeus) is a species of typical owl (family Strigidae).

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Sitatunga

The sitatunga or marshbuck (Tragelaphus spekii) is a swamp-dwelling antelope found throughout central Africa, centering on the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cameroon, parts of Southern Sudan, Ghana, Botswana, Zambia, Gabon, Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya.

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Skunk

Skunks are North and South American mammals in the family Mephitidae.

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Smithsonian Institution

The Smithsonian Institution, established on August 10, 1846 "for the increase and diffusion of knowledge," is a group of museums and research centers administered by the Government of the United States.

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Snake

Snakes are elongated, legless, carnivorous reptiles of the suborder Serpentes.

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Spotted crake

The spotted crake (Porzana porzana) is a small waterbird of the family Rallidae.

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Spotted hyena

The spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta), also known as the laughing hyena, is a species of hyena, currently classed as the sole member of the genus Crocuta, native to Sub-Saharan Africa.

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Strepsirrhini

Strepsirrhini or Strepsirhini is a suborder of primates that includes the lemuriform primates, which consist of the lemurs of Madagascar, galagos, ("bushbabies") and pottos from Africa, and the lorises from India and southeast Asia.

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Sugar glider

The sugar glider (Petaurus breviceps) is a small, omnivorous, arboreal, and nocturnal gliding possum belonging to the marsupial infraclass.

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Tenrec

A tenrec is any species of mammal within the family Tenrecidae, found on Madagascar and in parts of the African mainland.

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Twilight

Twilight on Earth is the illumination of the lower atmosphere when the Sun itself is not directly visible because it is below the horizon.

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Vespertine (biology)

Vespertine is a term used in the life sciences to indicate something of, relating to, or occurring in the evening.

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Wallaby

A wallaby is a small- or mid-sized macropod found in Australia, New Guinea and New Zealand.

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White-breasted waterhen

The white-breasted waterhen (Amaurornis phoenicurus) is a waterbird of the rail and crake family, Rallidae, that is widely distributed across Southeast Asia and the Indian Subcontinent.

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Wombat

Wombats are short-legged, muscular quadrupedal marsupials that are native to Australia.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crepuscular_animal

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