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# Complete Species Archive (Page 16 of 23)

> Browse page 16 of the AnimalTracks wildlife encyclopedia. Featuring 24 bizarre species profiles with curated soundtracks.

- [Mantled Howler Monkey](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/mantled-howler-monkey/) (*Alouatta palliata*)
  - **Superpower**: Calls that seem to help keep neighbouring troops apart
  - **Musical Match**: Amon Amarth (Melodic Death Metal & Gothenburg Sound)
- [Marine Iguana](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/marine-iguana/) (*Amblyrhynchus cristatus*)
  - **Superpower**: Skeletal shrinkage of up to 20% during El Niño food shortages, and nasal glands that expel excess salt
  - **Musical Match**: Toots & The Maytals (First Wave Ska & Caribbean Rocksteady)
- [Meerkat](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/meerkat/) (*Suricata suricatta*)
  - **Superpower**: A rotating sentinel watch with alarm calls graded by urgency, dark eye patches that cut the sun's glare, and some immunity to a scorpion's sting.
  - **Musical Match**: Bob Marley & The Wailers (Roots Reggae & Heavy Dub)
- [Megamouth Shark](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/megamouth-shark/) (*Megachasma pelagios*)
  - **Superpower**: Thought to cruise through krill swarms and suck prey in by pushing its jaws forward
  - **Musical Match**: Mazzy Star (Dream Pop & Shoegaze)
- [Mimic Octopus](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/mimic-octopus/) (*Thaumoctopus mimicus*)
  - **Superpower**: Dynamic mimicry, switching between impressions of toxic animals depending on which predator is around
  - **Musical Match**: Jamiroquai (Jazz-Funk, Soul & Lounge Fusion)
- [Monarch Butterfly](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/monarch-butterfly/) (*Danaus plexippus*)
  - **Superpower**: Eastern monarchs migrate up to 3,000 miles using a sun compass
  - **Musical Match**: Pink Floyd (Psychedelic Rock & Neo-Psych)
- [Moon Jellyfish](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/moon-jellyfish/) (*Aurelia aurita*)
  - **Superpower**: Recycles energy from its own swimming stroke to travel 30% further with every pulse
  - **Musical Match**: Scientist (Roots Reggae & Heavy Dub)
- [Moose](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/moose/) (*Alces alces*)
  - **Superpower**: Legs that can sometimes move through deep snow more easily than a wolf's, plus a top speed of up to 35 mph.
  - **Musical Match**: Kyuss (Stoner Rock & Desert Groove)
- [Mound-Building Termite](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/mound-building-termite/) (*Macrotermes bellicosus*)
  - **Superpower**: Queens and kings that can live as long as 20 years in the lab, in a colony that grows its own fungus
  - **Musical Match**: Terry Riley (Krautrock & Electronic Pioneers)
- [Mountain Gorilla](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/mountain-gorilla/) (*Gorilla beringei beringei*)
  - **Superpower**: A chest-beat drumroll that can be heard more than a kilometer away, pitched lower the bigger the male beating it.
  - **Musical Match**: The Chemical Brothers (Big Beat & 90s Acid Techno)
- [Muskox](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/muskox/) (*Ovibos moschatus*)
  - **Superpower**: Four inches of horn and three inches of bone over a bull's brain
  - **Musical Match**: Conan (Sludge Metal & Abyssal Doom)
- [Muskrat](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/muskrat/) (*Ondatra zibethicus*)
  - **Superpower**: Dense fur that traps air for insulation and buoyancy
  - **Musical Match**: Róisín Murphy (Classic Funk, Soul & Disco)
- [Mute Swan](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/mute-swan/) (*Cygnus olor*)
  - **Superpower**: Raises its wings and twirls in a busking display, part of both rival standoffs and the mating ritual
  - **Musical Match**: Miki Matsubara (Japanese City Pop & Shibuya-kei)
- [Naked Mole-Rat](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/naked-mole-rat/) (*Heterocephalus glaber*)
  - **Superpower**: High-molecular-mass hyaluronan that triggers early contact inhibition, stopping cell division at a much lower density than in mouse cells
  - **Musical Match**: Delta Sleep (Math Rock & Midwest Emo)
- [Narwhal](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/narwhal/) (*Monodon monoceros*)
  - **Superpower**: Spiral Tusk Up to 9.8 Feet & 1,500-Meter, 25-Minute Dives
  - **Musical Match**: Björk (Art Pop & Baroque Pop)
- [Nile Crocodile](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/nile-crocodile/) (*Crocodylus niloticus*)
  - **Superpower**: Launches its body out of the water to grab prey
  - **Musical Match**: Mala (Heavy UK Grime & Sub-Bass)
- [Nile Tilapia](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/nile-tilapia/) (*Oreochromis niloticus*)
  - **Superpower**: Mouthbrooding: the female carries up to 200 eggs in her mouth until the larvae have absorbed their yolk sacs.
  - **Musical Match**: Camille (Art Pop & Baroque Pop)
- [Nine-Banded Armadillo](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/nine-banded-armadillo/) (*Dasypus novemcinctus*)
  - **Superpower**: One fertilized egg splits into four identical embryos
  - **Musical Match**: Johann Pachelbel (Neo-Classical & Baroque Chamber)
- [North American Beaver](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/north-american-beaver/) (*Castor canadensis*)
  - **Superpower**: Self-sharpening, iron-strengthened incisors that keep growing throughout its life and can cut through a finger-thick sapling in one bite.
  - **Musical Match**: Béla Fleck (Pastoral Folk & Progressive Bluegrass)
- [North Island Brown Kiwi](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/north-island-brown-kiwi/) (*Apteryx mantelli*)
  - **Superpower**: Nostrils near the tip of a long, curved bill
  - **Musical Match**: Björk (Art Pop & Baroque Pop)
- [Northern Cardinal](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/northern-cardinal/) (*Cardinalis cardinalis*)
  - **Superpower**: Turns yellow food pigments into red feathers
  - **Musical Match**: Low (Slowcore & Minimal Indie)
- [Northern Pike](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/northern-pike/) (*Esox lucius*)
  - **Superpower**: Hides cocked in an S, then sprints to strike
  - **Musical Match**: Pixies (90s Grunge & Alt-Rock)
- [Norway Lemming](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/norway-lemming/) (*Lemmus lemmus*)
  - **Superpower**: Aposematic (warning) coloration and behavior
  - **Musical Match**: Sam Sparro (2000s Pop & R&B Anthem)
- [Nubian Ibex](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/nubian-ibex/) (*Capra nubiana*)
  - **Superpower**: Generally keeps to the most remote, highest, and steepest cliffs, where staying near the edge lowers the risk of predation, and typically comes down only to graze.
  - **Musical Match**: Erkin Koray (Anatolian Rock & Levantine Psych)

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