# AnimalTracks.wiki

> The wildlife encyclopedia that rocks. An associative educational knowledge base pairing bizarre biology, evolutionary superpowers, and animal defense mechanics with killer soundtracks and verified Spotify audio.

## Core Navigation & Directories

- [Homepage](https://animaltracks.wiki/): Curated showcase of Creature of the Day, thematic spotlights, and 24 featured species.
- [Complete Species Archive](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/): Paginated encyclopedia catalog indexing all 545 species with page navigation.
- [Battle Arena](https://animaltracks.wiki/compare/): Head-to-head combat showdown simulator comparing biological stats, win probabilities, and battle anthems.
- [Vibe Quiz](https://animaltracks.wiki/quiz/): 4-question interactive personality test mapping user traits to their biological spirit animal and music match.
- [Mystery Creature](https://animaltracks.wiki/mystery/): a daily guessing game; one species a day, six guesses, a sourced clue after each miss.
- [Source Detective](https://animaltracks.wiki/detective/): a daily source-literacy game; eight claims from eight profiles, pick which of the page's own sources each came from, then read the source's words.
- [Musical Subcultures & Genres](https://animaltracks.wiki/vibes/): 117 canonical global music genres paired with animal behavior (from Punk and Thrash Metal to Japanese City Pop and Chillhop).
- [Biological Trait Index](https://animaltracks.wiki/tags/): Associative tags including venom immunity, biological batteries, kinetic speed, biofluorescence, and cellular regeneration.
- [RSS 2.0 Creature Drops Feed](https://animaltracks.wiki/rss.xml): Daily scheduled spotlights with embedded soundtracks.

## Key Facts & Content Architecture

- **Species Count**: 545 curated wildlife profiles spanning all 7 continents, deep ocean trenches, and extreme polar habitats.
- **Biological FAQs**: 1,860 questions and punchy answers across 540 fact-checked species, each citing its source, also published as Schema.org FAQPage JSON-LD. More appear as each profile is checked.
- **Zero Framework Footprint**: 100% static HTML delivery with zero client JS frameworks (0 KB hydration payload) and sub-20KB compressed homepage.
- **Decoupled Search**: Offline and client-side instant search powered by WebAssembly-based Pagefind (shortcut: ⌘K).
- **Teen-Safe Content**: 100% clean-certified Spotify track embeds with strict musical bad-actor filtering.

## Species Profiles Catalog (545 Creatures)

- [Aardvark (Orycteropus afer)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/aardvark/): Spade-like claws that dig with great speed and force (Psychedelic Rock & Neo-Psych / Mike Oldfield).
- [Adélie Penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/adelie-penguin/): Steers by the sun across featureless ice, and some can dive to depths of up to 175 meters. (Classic Punk & 70s Garage / The Hives).
- [African Buffalo (Syncerus caffer)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/african-buffalo/): Bulls that have been recorded fending off more than one lion (2010s Pop & Electropop / Kimbra).
- [African Bush Elephant (Loxodonta africana)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/african-elephant/): A boneless trunk built from around 150,000 muscle fascicles, and rumbles that travel through the ground as well as the air. (Post-Rock & Cinematic Orchestral / Hildur Guðnadóttir).
- [African Crested Porcupine (Hystrix cristata)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/crested-porcupine/): Reverse charge that stabs an attacker with its thicker, shorter quills, backed by a rattling tail and raised quills that can make it look two to three times bigger (Modern Metalcore & Electronic Post-Hardcore / Nova Twins).
- [African Lion (Panthera leo)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/african-lion/): Deep-throated 114-decibel square vocal cords that project territorial warning roars across three miles of open savanna. (Art Pop & Baroque Pop / Florence + The Machine).
- [African Lungfish (Protopterus annectens)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/african-lungfish/): Obligate air breathing through two lungs, and over a year inside a cocoon of dried slime (Heavy Psych & Desert Rock / Elder).
- [African Wild Dog (Painted Dog) (Lycaon pictus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/african-wild-dog/): Long-distance stamina hunting: chasing prey at up to 30 mph for as long as three and a half miles until it tires and slows down. (Drum & Bass / Spatial Jungle / Pendulum).
- [Alligator Gar (Atractosteus spatula)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/alligator-gar/): Interlocking ganoid scale armor with a hard outer layer over a tough bony base, two rows of fang-like teeth in the upper jaw, and a vascularized swim bladder that can work as a lung (Classic Hard Rock & Southern Blues / Creedence Clearwater Revival).
- [Alligator Snapping Turtle (Macrochelys temminckii)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/alligator-snapping-turtle/): Vermiform lingual lure ambush and bone-crushing beak leverage (Swamp Metal & Southern Heavy Rock / Corrosion Of Conformity).
- [Alpaca (Vicugna pacos)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/alpaca/): Antibodies with no light chain, whose heat-stable variable regions scientists use in diagnostics, bio-imaging, and treatments. (Pastoral Folk & Progressive Bluegrass / Kings of Convenience).
- [Alpine Chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/alpine-chamois/): Hooves that are excellent for gripping slippery rock, and a habit of fleeing to the hardest places to reach, often with huge leaps. (Balkan Brass & Romani Folk Riot / Shantel).
- [Alpine Marmot (Marmota marmota)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/alpine-marmot/): Hibernation bouts that start with a 95% cut in metabolic rate, and a small intestine that grows 259% in mass between spring emergence and July (Balkan Brass & Romani Folk Riot / Fanfare Ciocărlia).
- [Amazonian Giant Centipede (Scolopendra gigantea)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/giant-centipede/): Venom-bearing fangs modified from the legs on its first body segment. (Nu-Metal & 90s Alt-Metal / Korn).
- [American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/american-alligator/): Jaws strong enough to crack a turtle shell (Garage Blues & Swamp Rock / Black Pistol Fire).
- [American Bison (Bison bison)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/american-bison/): A shaggy, heavily insulated head built to face straight into a blizzard and sweep snow off buried grass, backed by a 30 mph top speed. (Classic Hard Rock & Southern Blues / Clutch).
- [American Black Bear (Ursus americanus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/american-black-bear/): A sense of smell about seven times stronger than a bloodhound's (Glacial Ambient & Drone Soundscapes / William Basinski).
- [American Cockroach (Periplaneta americana)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/american-cockroach/): Switches from six-legged to four-legged and two-legged running at up to 50 body lengths per second (Math Rock & Instrumental Virtuoso / Hella).
- [American Crocodile (Crocodylus acutus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/american-crocodile/): Tolerates salt water (80s Pop & Dance Anthem / Madonna).
- [American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/american-crow/): Learns a threatening face and passes the lesson on to other crows (90s Riot Grrrl & Grunge / Bikini Kill).
- [American Lobster (Homarus americanus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/american-lobster/): Two different claws, a crusher for pulverizing shells and a ripper for tearing soft flesh. (Classic Hard Rock & Southern Blues / AC/DC).
- [American Mink (Neogale vison)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/american-mink/): Swims up to 30 meters underwater while hunting, with partially webbed toes and a waterproof coat (Jazz-Funk, Soul & Lounge Fusion / Sade).
- [American Paddlefish (Polyodon spathula)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/american-paddlefish/): Paddle and head covered in ampullary organs: 50,000 to 70,000 electroreceptors per adult, the largest number of any living vertebrate species (Delta Blues & Swamp Rock / Blackberry Smoke).
- [American Pika (Ochotona princeps)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/american-pika/): Stacks a winter hay pile in summer instead of hibernating (Art Punk & Experimental Post-Punk / Tune-Yards).
- [American Robin (Turdus migratorius)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/american-robin/): A song that often starts just before first light (Psychedelic Rock & Neo-Psych / The Beatles).
- [Amur Leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/amur-leopard/): Thick fur that grows up to 7.5 centimeters long in winter, and a leap of 20 feet across or 10 feet high. (Blackgaze & Atmospheric Post-Metal / Harakiri for the Sky).
- [Andean Cock-of-the-Rock (Rupicola peruvianus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/andean-cock-of-the-rock/): A crest that hides the male's bill, synchronized courtship displays at a lek, and seed dispersal (Andean Folk, Charango & Amazonian Chicha / Los Mirlos).
- [Andean Condor (Vultur gryphus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/andean-condor/): Flapped for only 1% of flight time in a tracking study (Glacial Ambient & Drone Soundscapes / Stars of the Lid).
- [Antarctic Fur Seal (Arctocephalus gazella)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/antarctic-fur-seal/): Insulating coat containing over 300,000 hairs per square inch that traps an impermeable layer of air against the skin in freezing water. (Classic Punk & 70s Garage / The Stooges).
- [Antarctic Icefish (Champsocephalus gunnari)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/antarctic-icefish/): Belongs to the only vertebrate family that lacks working hemoglobin genes and working red blood cells: its blood carries oxygen dissolved in the plasma instead. (Glacial Ambient & Drone Soundscapes / Biosphere).
- [Antarctic Krill (Euphausia superba)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/antarctic-krill/): An estimated 400 million tonnes in the Southern Ocean, photophores on muscular stalks that aim their light away from incoming light, and the ability to shrink, burning its own body protein as fuel, when food is scarce in winter. (Glacial Ambient & Drone Soundscapes / Tycho).
- [Antlion (Myrmeleon formicarius)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/antlion/): Its larva throws sand out of its pit with a backward jerk of the head (Sludge Metal & Abyssal Doom / Russian Circles).
- [Arapaima (Arapaima gigas)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/arapaima/): A lung-like swim bladder for breathing air, scale armor that resists piranhas, and a bony or toothed tongue (Sludge Metal & Abyssal Doom / Mastodon).
- [Arctic Fox (Vulpes lagopus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/arctic-fox/): Feet held just above the point where living tissue freezes, and a body that needs no extra energy to stay warm even at -40°C. (Glacial Ambient & Drone Soundscapes / Ásgeir).
- [Arizona Bark Scorpion (Centruroides sculpturatus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/arizona-bark-scorpion/): The best climber among Arizona's scorpion species, paired with venom that drives nerve axons into prolonged and excessive firing. (Stoner Rock & Desert Groove / Acid King).
- [Armadillo Girdled Lizard (Ouroborus cataphractus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/armadillo-girdled-lizard/): Ouroboros Armored Ball & Communal Crevices (Stoner Rock & Desert Groove / Queens of the Stone Age).
- [Army Ant (Eciton burchellii)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/army-ant/): Builds its nest out of the bodies of its own workers (Post-Rock & Cinematic Orchestral / MONO).
- [Asian Elephant (Elephas maximus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/asian-elephant/): A trunk with about 150,000 muscle units and tendons (Classic Hard Rock & Southern Blues / Peter Frampton).
- [Asian Giant Hornet (Vespa mandarinia)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/asian-giant-hornet/): Raiding parties that can kill 5,000 to 25,000 honeybees in a few hours (Psychedelic Rock & Neo-Psych / The Crazy World of Arthur Brown).
- [Asian Tiger Mosquito (Aedes albopictus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/asian-tiger-mosquito/): Drought-resistant eggs that, in European populations, pause through winter and survived a -10 °C cold spell (Krautrock & Electronic Pioneers / Laurie Spiegel).
- [Asian Water Monitor (Varanus salvator)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/asian-water-monitor/): Follows scent trails and can smell a rotten carcass from up to 100 m away (Krautrock & Electronic Pioneers / NEU!).
- [Asian Weaver Ant (Oecophylla smaragdina)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/asian-weaver-ant/): Pulling teams in which each ant's average force nearly doubles as the team grows, while other workers glue the leaves with silk squeezed from their own larvae. (Math Rock & Instrumental Virtuoso / Chon).
- [Assassin Bug (Acanthaspis petax)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/assassin-bug/): Wears a mask of ant carcasses that seems to fool sharp-eyed jumping spiders, and belongs to a family whose venom can paralyze and liquefy (Heavy UK Grime & Sub-Bass / Skream).
- [Atlantic Blue Crab (Callinectes sapidus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/atlantic-blue-crab/): Rear legs shaped like paddles, built for swimming (90s Grunge & Heavy Alt-Rock / Wolf Alice).
- [Atlantic Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus thynnus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/atlantic-bluefin-tuna/): Keeps a warm body, dives past 1,000 meters and can cross the Atlantic in under 60 days (Krautrock & Electronic Pioneers / Stereolab).
- [Atlantic Cod (Gadus morhua)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/atlantic-cod/): Has lost the genes for MHC II, a standard part of the jawed-vertebrate immune system, but carries a highly expanded set of MHC I genes (90s Riot Grrrl & Grunge / Sleater-Kinney).
- [Atlantic Flying Fish (Cheilopogon melanurus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/atlantic-flying-fish/): Swims at up to about 30 km/h, glides for approximately 30 seconds, and can relaunch tail first into another glide (2020s Pop & Modern Alt / Dua Lipa).
- [Atlantic Hagfish (Myxine glutinosa)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/atlantic-hagfish/): Defensive slime that unravels into gill-clogging protein thread in a fraction of a second (Industrial Noise & Avant-Garde Experimental / Einstürzende Neubauten).
- [Atlantic Halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/atlantic-halibut/): Moves an eye to the other side of its head during metamorphosis (Sludge Metal & Abyssal Doom / Windhand).
- [Atlantic Horseshoe Crab (Limulus polyphemus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/atlantic-horseshoe-crab/): Blue blood that clots when it meets certain bacteria, which labs use to test medicines and medical devices for endotoxins. (Neo-Classical & Baroque Chamber / Philip Glass).
- [Atlantic Mudskipper (Periophthalmus barbarus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/atlantic-mudskipper/): Blinks on land, in about 560 ms, about the length of a human blink (80s Pop & Dance Anthem / Katrina & The Waves).
- [Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/atlantic-puffin/): Jagged marks on its upper bill help it carry more fish, and its wings drive it through both air and water. (Pastoral Folk & Progressive Bluegrass / The Decemberists).
- [Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/atlantic-salmon/): Imprints on the chemical signature of its home stream, then uses it to find the way back from the sea. (Neo-Classical & Baroque Chamber / Agnes Obel).
- [Australasian Ghost Shark (Harriotta avia)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/australasian-ghost-shark/): Cartilaginous electro-receptive rostrum and massive mineralized tooth plates (Glacial Ambient & Drone Soundscapes / Bohren & der Club of Gore).
- [Australian Lungfish (Neoceratodus forsteri)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/australian-lungfish/): A single lung for breathing air when streams turn stagnant, and a genome known to be the largest of any animal (Glacial Ambient & Drone Soundscapes / Brian Eno).
- [Axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/axolotl/): Regrows whole limbs, its tail and spinal cord, and parts of its heart and brain; heals deep skin wounds without a scar; keeps its larval gills as a breeding adult (Hyperpop & Kawaii Future Bass / Anamanaguchi & Hatsune Miku).
- [Aye-Aye (Daubentonia madagascariensis)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/aye-aye/): Tap foraging: it taps wood rapidly with its middle finger, listens for the echo of an insect tunnel, then hooks the larva out with that slender, flexible finger. (Gypsy Punk & Dark Cabaret / Gogol Bordello).
- [Bactrian Camel (Camelus bactrianus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/bactrian-camel/): Two humps that store fat, not water, and, like other camels, a body that can survive a 40 percent weight loss and then drink up to 32 gallons (145 liters) of water in one session. (Nordic & Steppe Folk Metal / Yat-Kha).
- [Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/bald-eagle/): A talon grip ten times as strong as an average human's, with spiny toe scales and rough foot pads that help it hold slippery fish. (Classic Hard Rock & Southern Blues / Tom Petty).
- [Ball Python (Python regius)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/ball-python/): Can detect heat given off by other animals, and survived 168 days without food in a lab study (Trip-Hop & Velvet Downtempo / Massive Attack).
- [Banana Slug (Ariolimax columbianus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/banana-slug/): Slime that numbs the mouth and tongue if ingested (Post-Rock & Cinematic Orchestral / Caspian).
- [Banded Archerfish (Toxotes jaculatrix)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/banded-archerfish/): A pulsed water jet that gathers its own mass mid-air into a single, hard-hitting slug (Math Rock & Instrumental Virtuoso / Polyphia).
- [Bare-Nosed Wombat (Vombatus ursinus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/bare-nosed-wombat/): A rump of very tough, thick skin that shields it from teeth and claws, and back legs strong enough to crush an attacker against the burrow roof. (90s Grunge & Heavy Alt-Rock / Silverchair).
- [Barn Owl (Tyto alba)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/barn-owl/): In tests, it found prey in total darkness by sound alone with an error of under one degree. Its two external ears are asymmetric, and a flap of skin in front of each ear opening can redirect where that ear is most sensitive. (Glacial Ambient & Drone Soundscapes / Grouper).
- [Barramundi (Lates calcarifer)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/barramundi/): Sex change: most mature as males, then switch to female as they grow (Glacial Ambient & Drone Soundscapes / Tycho).
- [Barreleye Fish (Macropinna microstoma)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/barreleye-fish/): Tubular eyes that rotate from pointing up to pointing forward inside a transparent, fluid-filled shield (Psychedelic Rock & Neo-Psych / Can).
- [Basking Shark (Cetorhinus maximus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/basking-shark/): Enormous Filter-Feeding Mouth & Up to 2,000 Tons of Water an Hour (Roots Reggae & Heavy Dub / Steel Pulse).
- [Beadlet Anemone (Actinia equina)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/beadlet-anemone/): A sting from its blue acrorhagi leads a neighbor to crawl away or drop off the rock (Hardcore Punk & Post-Hardcore / Refused).
- [Bearded Vulture (Gypaetus barbatus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/bearded-vulture/): A stomach whose pH could be below 1, and dropping bones from the sky to break them open for the marrow inside (Symphonic Metal & Gothic Power / Nightwish).
- [Bed Bug (Cimex lectularius)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/bed-bug/): Survives for months without a blood meal, and injects an anesthetic and an anticoagulant when it bites (Dream Pop & Shoegaze / Julee Cruise).
- [Beluga Sturgeon (Huso huso)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/beluga-sturgeon/): A giant sturgeon that mostly hunts open-water fish, with spawning migrations recorded at over 2,500 km (Classic Hard Rock & Southern Blues / Led Zeppelin).
- [Beluga Whale (Delphinapterus leucas)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/beluga-whale/): A flexible melon that focuses and modulates its echolocation clicks, and a bulbous forehead that can break through ice 10 centimetres thick (Pastoral Folk & Progressive Bluegrass / Simon & Garfunkel).
- [Bengal Tiger (Panthera tigris tigris)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/bengal-tiger/): A single bound can cover up to 10 meters, and flat, square vocal folds push its roar to 114 decibels. (Drum & Bass / Spatial Jungle / Nia Archives).
- [Bigfin Squid (Magnapinna sp.)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/bigfin-squid/): Elbow-jointed arms trailing sticky filaments that may reach up to 20 times its body length (Sludge Metal & Abyssal Doom / Earth).
- [Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/bighorn-sheep/): A double-layered skull shored with struts of bone and a massive tendon linking skull to spine; the thick, bony skull absorbs repeated head-on clashes at up to 40 mph with little injury to the ram. (Saharan Desert Rock & Tuareg Shred / Mdou Moctar).
- [Binturong (Arctictis binturong)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/binturong/): Urine containing 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline, the compound likely responsible for its popcorn smell, plus a prehensile tail that works as a fifth limb. (Chillhop & Lo-Fi Beats / Kupla).
- [Black Caiman (Melanosuchus niger)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/black-caiman/): A bite measured at up to 4,310 newtons in three tested adults, from the reptile group with the highest bite forces known. (Sludge Metal & Abyssal Doom / Neurosis).
- [Black Ghost Knifefish (Apteronotus albifrons)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/black-ghost-knifefish/): A continuous electric discharge, plus electroreceptors one study estimated in the thousands, for finding prey in the dark (Modern Alt-Metal & Post-Hardcore / Bad Omens).
- [Black Mamba (Dendroaspis polylepis)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/black-mamba/): Venom that attacks the nervous system two ways at once, dendrotoxins that jam nerve potassium channels plus neurotoxins that block nerve-muscle signals, backed by speeds of up to 20 km/h (12.5 mph). (Afrobeats & Modern Amapiano / Burna Boy).
- [Black Rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/black-rhino/): A hooked, prehensile upper lip that grabs plants and guides them into its mouth. (Brutal Death Metal & Heavy Groove / Bolt Thrower).
- [Black Swan (Cygnus atratus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/black-swan/): A crinkle-feathered wing display backed by loud, warning wing-beats (2000s Pop & R&B Anthem / Beyoncé).
- [Black-Footed Cat (Felis nigripes)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/black-footed-cat/): A hunting success rate of around 60 percent, paired with a high metabolic rate that needs about a fifth of its body weight in food each day. (Nu-Metal & Heavy Alt-Metal / Kittie).
- [Black-Tailed Jackrabbit (Lepus californicus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/black-tailed-jackrabbit/): Zigzags at up to 40 miles per hour, and at a moderate run makes every fourth or fifth leap a high one to look for predators (Math Rock & Midwest Emo / tricot).
- [Black-Tailed Prairie Dog (Cynomys ludovicianus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/black-tailed-prairie-dog/): A broad range of calls, including alarm calls that carry information about predators on the ground, and a jump-yip that seems to set off neighbors in adjacent coteries (Ska-Punk & 2-Tone / Madness).
- [Blobfish (Psychrolutes microporos)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/blobfish/): Named in 1995; its eggs and larvae have not been described. (Chillhop & Lo-Fi Beats / Mac DeMarco).
- [Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/blue-jay/): Can imitate the scream of a Red-shouldered Hawk (Organic Downtempo & Micro-Sampling / The Avalanches).
- [Blue Sea Dragon (Glaucus atlanticus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/blue-sea-dragon/): Kleptocnidae: steals a Portuguese man o' war's stinging cells and stores them in its own cerata. (Classic Funk, Soul & Disco / Saint Pepsi).
- [Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/blue-whale/): Calls measured off Antarctica averaging 189 decibels at 25 to 29 Hz, thought to carry up to 1,000 miles in the right ocean conditions (Sludge Metal & Heavy Drone / Sunn O)))).
- [Blue Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/blue-wildebeest/): Forelimb muscle that works at 62.6% efficiency, against 41.8% in a cow's (IDM & Glitch Ambient Synthesis / Caterina Barbieri).
- [Blue-and-Yellow Macaw (Ara ararauna)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/blue-and-yellow-macaw/): A beak strong enough to crush open nuts and seeds, and bare cheeks that blush red (90s Pop & Eurodance / Britney Spears).
- [Blue-Footed Booby (Sula nebouxii)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/blue-footed-booby/): Blue feet colored by collagen and carotenoid pigment, which researchers suggest signal a male's current condition, plus sealed nostrils and skull air sacs that protect its brain on dives of up to 60 mph. (Dance-Punk & Electroclash / Foals).
- [Blue-Ringed Octopus (Hapalochlaena lunulata)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/blue-ringed-octopus/): Symbiotic Tetrodotoxin Neurotoxin & Optical Iridophore Ring Strobing (Dance-Punk & Electroclash / Ladytron).
- [Boa Constrictor (Boa constrictor)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/boa-constrictor/): Squeezes just enough to stop the prey's heart pumping blood (Sludge Metal & Abyssal Doom / Earth).
- [Bobbit Worm (Eunice aphroditois)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/bobbit-worm/): An eversible pharynx tipped with sharp maxillae that thrusts out of its burrow fast enough to split a passing fish in half, with five antennae and two eyes to detect prey. (Nu-Metal & 90s Alt-Metal / Deftones).
- [Bobcat (Lynx rufus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/bobcat/): Steps its back feet into its front-foot prints to cut the noise of its stalk (Glacial Ambient & Drone Soundscapes / Julianna Barwick).
- [Bold Jumping Spider (Phidippus audax)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/bold-jumping-spider/): Sneaks up and pounces on prey, trailing a silk safety line (Nu-Metal & Heavy Alt-Metal / Eville).
- [Bombardier Beetle (Brachinus crepitans)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/bombardier-beetle/): Explosive Chemical Spray Up To 100°C, Fired in Rapid Pulses (Hardcore Punk & Post-Hardcore / Fugazi).
- [Bonobo (Pan paniscus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/bonobo/): Largely peaceful: a 2011 paper found no confirmed record of infanticide among bonobos, and a 2014 study of four bonobo communities over five decades logged one suspected killing. (Organic Downtempo & Micro-Sampling / The Books).
- [Boomslang (Dispholidus typus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/boomslang/): A metalloproteinase-loaded hemotoxin that triggers uncontrolled clotting until the blood's clotting factors run out, paired with huge round-pupil eyes and a 180-degree gape that drives its rear fangs home. (African Rumba & Mande Pop / Hugh Masekela).
- [Bornean Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/bornean-orangutan/): Long arms that help it travel through the canopy, and hands and feet that can both grasp (Psychedelic Rock & Neo-Psych / Unknown Mortal Orchestra).
- [Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/bottlenose-dolphin/): A signature whistle other dolphins can recognize even with its voice features removed, plus echolocation focused through a fatty lens for sound to find prey and read the seafloor. (90s Pop & Eurodance / Spice Girls).
- [Bowhead Whale (Balaena mysticetus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/bowhead-whale/): A bow-shaped skull about a third of its body length, large and thick enough to break through sea ice 8 inches thick. (South Asian Raga & Indian Fusion / Anoushka Shankar).
- [Box Jellyfish (Chironex fleckeri)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/box-jellyfish/): 24 eyes and no brain to run them, plus pore-forming venom that drives potassium out of human blood cells within 5 minutes (Darkwave & Ethereal Witch House / Crystal Castles).
- [Brazilian Treehopper (Bocydium globulare)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/brazilian-treehopper/): A globe-tipped pronotal crown that grows folded under the skin of the final nymph and unpacks itself in about half an hour at the last molt, for a function entomologists still call unknown. (Organic Downtempo & Micro-Sampling / Bonobo).
- [Brazilian Wandering Spider (Phoneutria nigriventer)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/brazilian-wandering-spider/): Venom peptides that jam voltage-gated sodium and calcium channels and the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (Classic Funk, Soul & Disco / Jorge Ben Jor).
- [Brazilian Yellow Scorpion (Tityus serrulatus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/brazilian-yellow-scorpion/): Parthenogenesis: adult scorpions are usually female, and unfertilized eggs develop straight into daughters, and a female breeds with no male present. (Dance-Punk & Electroclash / CSS).
- [Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (Halyomorpha halys)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/brown-marmorated-stink-bug/): A male-produced aggregation pheromone that attracted females, males and nymphs in field trials (2010s Pop & Electropop / Florence + The Machine).
- [Brown Rat (Rattus norvegicus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/brown-rat/): Feels its way through total darkness with paws and whiskers, backed by a spectacular sense of smell (90s Grunge & Heavy Alt-Rock / Nirvana).
- [Brown Recluse (Loxosceles reclusa)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/brown-recluse/): Venom that can kill the tissue around its bite (Gothic Rock & Post-Punk / The Cure).
- [Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/budgerigar/): Rewrites its own contact call as an adult to match a new mate's voice, in about two weeks on average (Classic Funk, Soul & Disco / Stevie Wonder).
- [Buff-Tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/buff-tailed-bumblebee/): Nectar robbing: it bites a hole at the base of a flower too deep for its short tongue and sucks out the nectar (Classic Punk & 70s Garage / Ramones).
- [Bull Shark (Carcharhinus leucas)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/bull-shark/): Blood chemistry that shifts with the water: bull sharks caught in freshwater carried about half the blood urea of those caught at sea. (Hardcore Punk & Post-Hardcore / IDLES).
- [Bullet Ant (Paraponera clavata)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/bullet-ant/): Poneratoxin venom that in cockroaches keeps nerve cells firing past the point where they should stop, and a sting rated level four, the top of the Schmidt Sting Pain Index. (Mathcore & Chaotic Noise / Converge).
- [Burmese Python (Python bivittatus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/burmese-python/): Jaws that stretch to swallow prey several times as wide as its head (2010s Pop & Electropop / Ellie Goulding).
- [Calanus Copepod (Calanus finmarchicus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/calanus-copepod/): Stores energy in a large oil sac of wax esters (Glacial Ambient & Drone Soundscapes / Steve Roach).
- [California Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/california-sea-lion/): One sea lion learned to bob its head in time with a rhythm, even complex music (Classic Funk, Soul & Disco / Earth, Wind & Fire).
- [Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/canada-goose/): Its Hawaiian relatives included a flightless giant (Classic Funk, Soul & Disco / Tower of Power).
- [Canada Lynx (Lynx canadensis)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/canada-lynx/): Large paws that act like snowshoes, letting it chase fast prey through deep, powdery snow (2010s Pop & Electropop / Lykke Li).
- [Candiru (Vandellia cirrhosa)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/candiru/): Gill-cover spines that hold it on while its host's blood pressure fills its mouth (IDM & Glitch Ambient Synthesis / Boards of Canada).
- [Cane Toad (Rhinella marina)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/cane-toad/): Large parotoid glands on the shoulders secrete toxins when the toad is under threat, which may cause profuse salivation, twitching, vomiting, shallow breathing and collapse of the hind limbs in predators, and even death in some of them, including dogs. (Aussie Garage Punk & Pub Rock / Midnight Oil).
- [Capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/capybara/): Underwater breath holding up to five minutes, partially webbed feet for a life half in the water, and birds that pick parasitic insects out of its fur (Brazilian Bossa Nova & Tropicalia Samba / Stan Getz & Astrud Gilberto).
- [Caracal (Caracal caracal)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/caracal/): Vertical Leaps Up to 10 Feet to Snatch Birds Out of the Air (Drum & Bass / Spatial Jungle / Pendulum).
- [Carolina Wolf Spider (Hogna carolinensis)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/carolina-wolf-spider/): Carries its spiderlings on its back, and those that stay with her learn mazes better (90s Grunge & Alt-Rock / Pixies).
- [Casper Octopus (Incirrata sp.)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/casper-octopus/): No pigment cells and a diaphanous, jelly-like body with almost no muscle, in a food-scarce world (Dream Pop & Shoegaze / Grouper).
- [Central Bearded Dragon (Pogona vitticeps)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/bearded-dragon/): Heat can override its genes: high-temperature egg incubation turns genetically male (ZZ) dragons into functional females. (Flamenco Puro & Spanish Classical Guitar / Paco de Lucía).
- [Chambered Nautilus (Nautilus pompilius)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/chambered-nautilus/): A chambered shell with a gas-releasing buoyancy tube called the siphuncle, plus more than 90 suckerless tentacles and a pair of rhinophores that track an odor plume to its source (Math Rock & Midwest Emo / Chon).
- [Channel Catfish (Ictalurus punctatus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/channel-catfish/): Taste buds spread over its whole body, most of them around its gills and whiskers (Roots Reggae & Heavy Dub / Hollie Cook).
- [Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/cheetah/): Accelerates 0 to 45 mph (72 km/h) in about 2.5 seconds, with a tail that acts as a rudder for quick turning (Drum & Bass / Spatial Jungle / Rudimental).
- [Chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/chicken/): A muscular gizzard that acts as its teeth and grinds the small stones free-ranging chickens typically eat (Neo-Classical & Baroque Chamber / Steve Reich).
- [Chilean Rose Tarantula (Grammostola rosea)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/tarantula/): No extensor muscles at two leg joints, where blood pressure may work against the flexors (Slowcore & Minimal Indie / Duster).
- [Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/chimpanzee/): Regional tool kits (termite-fishing twigs, nut-cracking hammers, leaf sponges) that differ from community to community, plus a male dominance hierarchy whose alpha may take meat from subordinates and monopolize mating. (Industrial Noise & Avant-Garde Experimental / Einstürzende Neubauten).
- [Chinstrap Penguin (Pygoscelis antarcticus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/chinstrap-penguin/): Microsleep architecture: nods off more than 10,000 times a day in naps that average four seconds, banking over 11 hours of sleep in each brain hemisphere while it stands guard against egg-stealing skuas. (South Asian Raga & Indian Fusion / Shakti).
- [Clouded Leopard (Neofelis nebulosa)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/clouded-leopard/): Rotating ankles let it climb down a tree headfirst and hang from its back feet (Psychedelic Rock & Neo-Psych / The Beatles).
- [Clydesdale Horse (Equus caballus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/clydesdale-horse/): An immensely strong, barrel-chested body, bred for hauling and farm work (Sludge Metal & Abyssal Doom / Electric Wizard).
- [Cockatiel (Nymphicus hollandicus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/cockatiel/): Sings along with a human melody, nearly perfectly in unison (Indie Rock & Jangle Pop / Peter Bjorn and John).
- [Coconut Crab (Birgus latro)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/coconut-crab/): An estimated 3,300-newton claw pinch for a 4-kilogram crab, calculated from measurements on wild animals, enough to beat the bite force of most living land predators, alligators excepted. (Afrobeat / Fela Kuti).
- [Coelacanth (Latimeria chalumnae)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/coelacanth/): Fleshy, lobed fins whose front and back pairs move in a diagonal rhythm, like the legs of a four-legged land animal. (Sludge Metal & Abyssal Doom / Ahab).
- [Collared Peccary (Dicotyles tajacu)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/collared-peccary/): Self-sharpening canine teeth that clack in warning, and a scent gland above the tail that marks territory (Neo-Classical & Baroque Chamber / Meredith Monk).
- [Colossal Squid (Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/colossal-squid/): Along with the giant squid, the largest eyes in the animal kingdom, about 27 centimeters (10.6 inches) across, plus tentacle-club hooks that can swivel 360 to 720 degrees to keep their grip on prey. (Sludge Metal & Abyssal Doom / Evoken).
- [Comb Jelly (Pleurobrachia pileus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/comb-jelly/): Eight ciliated diffraction comb rows, and colloblasts, cells that discharge adhesive substances to aid in subduing prey (70s Pop & Glam Disco / Donna Summer).
- [Common Blackbird (Turdus merula)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/common-blackbird/): A leading voice in the UK's dawn chorus (90s Riot Grrrl & Grunge / Sleater-Kinney).
- [Common Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/common-cuckoo/): Lays eggs that tend to match the host's, and barred underparts make some small birds treat it like a sparrowhawk (70s Pop & Glam Disco / Goldfrapp).
- [Common Cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/common-cuttlefish/): Camouflage built from about 30 skin pattern components, shape-shifting papillae muscles, and polarized vision that may help it see through other animals' camouflage. (90s Alt-Metal & Shoegaze / Deftones).
- [Common Earthworm (Lumbricus terrestris)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/common-earthworm/): Crawls in waves, lengthening and shortening its body segments (Modern Metalcore & Djent / Chaosbay).
- [Common Earwig (Forficula auricularia)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/common-earwig/): A mother that grooms and guards her eggs like a hen, and hind wings that must be unfolded by the tail forceps (Glacial Ambient & Drone Soundscapes / Mary Lattimore).
- [Common Eastern Firefly (Photinus pyralis)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/common-eastern-firefly/): Males flash a timed courtship code and bleed defensive steroids (Roots Reggae & Heavy Dub / King Tubby).
- [Common European Adder (Vipera berus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/common-european-adder/): Hinged fangs that fold against the roof of the mouth and inject venom (Trip-Hop & Velvet Downtempo / Gotan Project).
- [Common Frog (Rana temporaria)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/common-frog/): Cold survival: it winters under rocks or buried in pond mud and lives as far north as the Arctic Circle (Glacial Ambient & Drone Soundscapes / Julianna Barwick).
- [Common Garter Snake (Thamnophis sirtalis)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/common-garter-snake/): Some populations resist tetrodotoxin, the toxin of the newts they eat (2000s Pop & R&B Anthem / Britney Spears).
- [Common Goldfish (Carassius auratus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/goldfish/): Makes ethanol to survive without oxygen, and sees four colors including ultraviolet (80s Retrowave & Synthwave / Home).
- [Common Hermit Crab (Pagurus bernhardus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/common-hermit-crab/): Rapping on a rival's shell to try to evict the owner and take its home (Classic Funk, Soul & Disco / The Winstons).
- [Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/common-kingfisher/): A blind strike. It compensates for the way light bends where air meets water, then closes a third eyelid over each eye and relies on touch alone to time the snap of its bill. (IDM & Glitch Ambient Synthesis / Four Tet).
- [Common Loon (Gavia immer)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/common-loon/): Dense bones and rear-set feet make it a foot-powered submarine (Neo-Classical & Baroque Chamber / Meredith Monk).
- [Common Octopus (Octopus vulgaris)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/common-octopus/): Skin patterns carried out by over half a million neurons in the chromatophore lobes of its brain (2010s Pop & Electropop / Robyn).
- [Common Ostrich (Struthio camelus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/common-ostrich/): Sprints in short bursts of up to 43 mph (70 km/h) and holds a steady 31 mph (50 km/h), on the only two-toed feet of any bird (Hardcore Punk & Post-Hardcore / Otoboke Beaver).
- [Common Pill Bug (Armadillidium vulgare)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/common-pill-bug/): Curls into a ball when squeezed or shaken (Britpop & 90s Madchester / Oasis).
- [Common Raccoon (Procyon lotor)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/raccoon/): A cat-sized brain with near-primate neuron density, paired with forepaws that have a highly developed sense of touch (Trip-Hop & Velvet Downtempo / Gorillaz).
- [Common Raven (Corvus corax)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/common-raven/): Caches food out of rivals' sight, guards the stash when an unseen rival might be watching, and is less willing to pull after a partner cheats (Nordic Dark Folk & Ritual Atmospheric / Heilung).
- [Common Starfish (Asterias rubens)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/common-starfish/): Pushes its stomach into a mussel shell and digests the meal inside (Glacial Ambient & Drone Soundscapes / Bohren & der Club of Gore).
- [Common Vampire Bat (Desmodus rotundus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/vampire-bat/): Anticoagulant saliva, infrared-sensing pits on its face, and a bounding run on land powered by its wings (80s Retrowave & Synthwave / Chromatics).
- [Common Warthog (Phacochoerus africanus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/common-warthog/): Kneels on calloused, padded wrist joints to graze short grass, then backs into a borrowed aardvark burrow, tusks facing out. (Heavy UK Grime & Sub-Bass / Wiley).
- [Common Wasp (Vespula vulgaris)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/common-wasp/): Workers rapidly remove worker-laid eggs: 4 of 120 were left after an hour, against 106 of 120 queen eggs (Britpop & 90s Madchester / Elastica).
- [Cookiecutter Shark (Isistius brasiliensis)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/cookiecutter-shark/): A glowing underside that lures big animals in, then a spin that carves out a cookie-shaped plug (80s Pop & Dance Anthem / Dead Or Alive).
- [Corn Snake (Pantherophis guttatus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/corn-snake/): Squeezes its prey until it is subdued, then swallows it whole (Classic Hard Rock & Southern Blues / Queen).
- [Cottonmouth (Agkistrodon piscivorus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/cottonmouth/): A heat-sensing pit on each side of the face and a wide-open white mouth shown to predators (Classic Funk, Soul & Disco / KC & The Sunshine Band).
- [Cougar (Puma concolor)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/cougar/): 40-foot horizontal spring leaps and soft tracks that barely mark the ground (Indie Rock & Desert Sleaze / Arctic Monkeys).
- [Coyote (Canis latrans)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/coyote/): Flexibility in food, behavior and social life: hunting alone for small prey and in groups for deer, and spreading across North and Central America as people cleared land and wiped out wolves, its bigger competitors. (Gothic Rock & Post-Punk / Timber Timbre).
- [Coypu (Myocastor coypus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/coypu/): Eyes, ears and nostrils all sit on top of the skull, a layout that suits a life spent in the water. (Dream Pop & Shoegaze / Lush).
- [Crabeater Seal (Lobodon carcinophaga)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/crabeater-seal/): Teeth with interlocking, multi-cusped crowns that seal shut like a sieve, straining krill from a mouthful of seawater (Neo-Classical & Baroque Chamber / Nils Frahm).
- [Cuban Crocodile (Crocodylus rhombifer)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/cuban-crocodile/): Leaps from the water on thrusts of its tail to grab birds and mammals off overhanging branches, and on land can break into the asymmetrical gaits that include galloping and bounding (First Wave Ska & Caribbean Rocksteady / The Skatalites).
- [Death's-Head Hawkmoth (Acherontia atropos)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/deaths-head-hawkmoth/): Squeaks when alarmed, and can get into sealed honeycombs; its short proboscis ends in a sharp point (Breakcore & Chaotic Drill / Venetian Snares).
- [Deathstalker Scorpion (Leiurus quinquestriatus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/deathstalker-scorpion/): A venom peptide, chlorotoxin, that binds brain tumor cells and, built into the dye tozuleristide, made gliomas glow in a trial published in 2019 (French Dark Electro & EBM / Gesaffelstein).
- [Deer Tick (Ixodes scapularis)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/deer-tick/): Ambushes a passing host, then feeds for days while its new, flexible outer shell helps it swell (Dream Pop & Shoegaze / Warpaint).
- [Desert Hairy Scorpion (Hadrurus arizonensis)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/desert-hairy-scorpion/): Digs burrows up to 2.5 meters deep to escape desert heat, and senses vibrations in the air and the ground through its body hairs. (Stoner Rock & Desert Groove / Truckfighters).
- [Desert Locust (Schistocerca gregaria)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/desert-locust/): Switches from loner to swarm member when crowded (Classic Hard Rock & Southern Blues / Queen).
- [Dhole (Cuon alpinus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/dhole/): Hunting as a pack, it can catch prey over 10 times its own body weight (Art Pop & Baroque Pop / Holly Herndon).
- [Dingo (Canis familiaris)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/dingo/): Rarely barks. It howls to call its pack together or warn off intruders, and marks the edges of its territory with scent: rubbing, urinating and defecating on objects. (Aussie Garage Punk & Pub Rock / The Chats).
- [Domestic Cat (Felis catus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/domestic-cat/): Rotates half its spine through 180 degrees and slips through narrow spaces (Chillhop & Lo-Fi Beats / Nujabes).
- [Domestic Dog (Canis lupus familiaris)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/domestic-dog/): Hundreds of millions of scent-sensing cells, and nostrils that each draw a separate air sample, which may help locate where a smell comes from (Pop-Punk & 2000s Alt-Rock / Jimmy Eat World).
- [Domestic Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus domesticus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/domestic-rabbit/): Nearly 360-degree vision from eyes set on the sides of its head (Dream Pop & Shoegaze / The Postal Service).
- [Domestic Yak (Bos grunniens)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/yak/): A heart that weighs 1.18% of body weight, against 0.39% in cattle (80s Retrowave & Synthwave / Berlin).
- [Donkey (Equus asinus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/donkey/): A hee-haw that can travel up to 3 km (Desert Americana & Cinematic Rock / Ennio Morricone).
- [Dromedary (Camelus dromedarius)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/dromedary/): Lets its body temperature swing from 34 to 41.7 degrees Celsius so it can save water by not sweating as the day heats up (Jazz-Funk, Soul & Lounge Fusion / Peggy Lee).
- [Duck-Billed Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/platypus/): Electroreceptive bill with 40,000 electroreceptors, venomous hind-leg spurs, and cyan-green UV biofluorescence (Psychedelic Rock & Neo-Psych / Pink Floyd).
- [Dugong (Dugong dugon)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/dugong/): Rips up whole seagrass plants with a flexible upper lip (Slowcore & Minimal Indie / Low).
- [Dumbo Octopus (Grimpoteuthis)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/dumbo-octopus/): No ink sac: it moves quickly to get away instead. It also swims with its ear-like fins, unusual for octopuses, which typically rely on jet propulsion. (Glacial Ambient & Drone Soundscapes / Mary Lattimore).
- [Eastern Brown Snake (Pseudonaja textilis)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/eastern-brown-snake/): A ready-made clotting engine, pseutarin C, preassembled in the venom gland (Classic Punk & 70s Garage / Ramones).
- [Eastern Gray Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/eastern-gray-squirrel/): Known to dig decoy caches, covering holes with no food in them, when other squirrels are around (Ethereal Wave & Dream Pop / Lisa Gerrard).
- [Egyptian Giant Solpugid (Galeodes arabs)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/egyptian-giant-solpugid/): Camel spider jaws reach up to one-third of body length (Thrash Metal & Speed Metal / Megadeth).
- [Egyptian Mongoose (Herpestes ichneumon)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/egyptian-mongoose/): Predicts and dodges a snake's strike, then catches its head before another strike; resists α-bungarotoxin, one of cobra venom's neurotoxins (Hardcore Punk & Crossover Thrash / Mindforce).
- [Electric Catfish (Malapterurus electricus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/electric-catfish/): An electric organ around most of the body; electric catfish can discharge up to 350 volts (80s Retrowave & Synthwave / Gary Numan).
- [Elk (Cervus canadensis)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/elk/): A bugle made of two sound sources at once (Art Pop & Baroque Pop / Andrew Bird).
- [Emerald Cockroach Wasp (Ampulex compressa)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/emerald-cockroach-wasp/): A sting aimed at the cockroach's brain that switches off its urge to walk (Industrial Metal & Cyber-Thrash / Static-X).
- [Emperor Dragonfly (Anax imperator)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/emperor-dragonfly/): A larva with a labial mask, a hooked mouthpart that shoots out at prey (Breakcore & Chaotic Drill / Venetian Snares).
- [Emperor Penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/emperor-penguin/): Dives deeper than 500 meters and longer than 23 minutes, with hemoglobin that grips oxygen unusually tightly. (Neo-Classical & Baroque Chamber / Ólafur Arnalds).
- [Emperor Scorpion (Pandinus imperator)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/emperor-scorpion/): Huge, powerful pincers generally used to tear prey apart instead of stinging it, plus a cuticle that fluoresces blue-green under ultraviolet light. (Big Beat & 90s Acid Techno / The Crystal Method).
- [Emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/emu/): Fathers that sit on the nest for about 8 weeks without eating or drinking (Neo-Classical & Baroque Chamber / Max Richter).
- [Etruscan Shrew (Suncus etruscus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/etruscan-shrew/): A heart that has beaten up to 1,511 times a minute, the highest rate reported for a warm-blooded animal (Drum & Bass / Spatial Jungle / Nia Archives).
- [Eurasian Beaver (Castor fiber)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/eurasian-beaver/): Hard orange-enameled incisors, valved ears and nostrils that close underwater, and dams that flood former uplands and draw in new birds, fish, and amphibians. (Art Punk & Experimental Post-Punk / Stereolab).
- [Eurasian Lynx (Lynx lynx)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/eurasian-lynx/): Fur-padded snowshoe paws for deep snow, and a neck bite or suffocating snout grip that fells prey up to three to four times its size (2010s Pop & Electropop / Billie Eilish).
- [Eurasian Otter (Lutra lutra)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/eurasian-otter/): Vibrissae, whiskers above its lips, that detect changes in the water current and track the movements of fish and other prey underwater. (Pastoral Folk & Progressive Bluegrass / Fairport Convention).
- [European Badger (Meles meles)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/european-badger/): Sharp claws ideal for digging setts, underground homes the badger cleans by dragging old bedding out under its chin. (Art Punk & Experimental Post-Punk / The Fall).
- [European Crane Fly (Tipula paludosa)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/european-crane-fly/): Leatherjacket grubs with tough skin that come up to feed on damp, warm nights (2010s Pop & Electropop / Lana Del Rey).
- [European Eel (Anguilla anguilla)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/european-eel/): Swims 5,000 to 10,000 km across the Atlantic to spawn (Glacial Ambient & Drone Soundscapes / Kali Malone).
- [European Hare (Lepus europaeus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/european-hare/): Leverets are born furred and well developed, then spread over a moderately wide area to avoid predation on the whole litter (Art Pop & Baroque Pop / Kate Bush).
- [European Harvestman (Phalangium opilio)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/european-harvestman/): In a lab colony, a female lays a typical clutch of about 250 eggs roughly every three days (Math Rock & Midwest Emo / American Football).
- [European Hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/european-hedgehog/): A sheet of muscle across the back, the panniculus carnosus, contracts to curl the body into a ball while the muscles linked to each spine contract too, leaving every spine standing on end. (Math Rock & Midwest Emo / Tiny Moving Parts).
- [European Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/european-herring-gull/): Paddles its feet on the ground to flush worms to the surface (80s Pop & Dance Anthem / Eurythmics).
- [European Hornet (Vespa crabro)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/european-hornet/): Makes its own body heat, arriving home with a thorax averaging 30 to 40 °C (80s Retrowave & Synthwave / Chromatics).
- [European Mantis (Mantis religiosa)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/european-mantis/): A single ear on its underside, tuned to ultrasound (IDM & Glitch Ambient Synthesis / Ryoji Ikeda).
- [European Medicinal Leech (Hirudo medicinalis)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/european-medicinal-leech/): Anticoagulant saliva, and one blood meal that can last it 12 to 18 months (2010s Pop & Electropop / Lindsey Stirling).
- [European Mole (Talpa europaea)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/european-mole/): Digs tunnel networks that can run hundreds of metres, with five-clawed front feet turned outward (Sludge Metal & Heavy Drone / BIG|BRAVE).
- [European Polecat (Mustela putorius)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/european-polecat/): A key-lock jaw hinge whose grip is tenacious enough that it can be lifted and suspended by whatever it holds in its teeth, backed by a strong-smelling secretion from its anal glands when threatened. (Pop-Punk & 2000s Alt-Rock / Green Day).
- [European Robin (Erithacus rubecula)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/european-robin/): A light-sensitive retinal protein called cryptochrome 4 that may let the robin sense Earth's magnetic field through quantum chemistry, a mechanism researchers are still working to confirm. (Pastoral Folk & Progressive Bluegrass / Vashti Bunyan).
- [European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/european-starling/): A voicebox with two independent sound sources, which in males handle mostly low notes on the left and higher ones on the right, plus six distinct flock escape patterns under falcon attack (Hyperpop & Kawaii Future Bass / NewJeans).
- [European Storm Petrel (Hydrobates pelagicus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/european-storm-petrel/): Runs on stomach oil while incubating (if that oil supplies all its energy, it accounts for 76% of the weight lost each day on the nest), and its chicks can apparently recognize their own body odor (2000s Pop-Rock & Emo / Tokio Hotel).
- [Fangtooth (Anoplogaster cornuta)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/fangtooth/): Fangs so long that the lower pair slide into pockets in the roof of its mouth, reportedly the largest teeth of any marine fish for its head size (Brutal Death Metal & Heavy Groove / Bloodbath).
- [Fennec Fox (Vulpes zerda)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/fennec-fox/): Ears up to 6 inches (15.2 cm) long that dispel desert heat and track down prey under the sand. (Classic Funk, Soul & Disco / Erykah Badu).
- [Ferret (Mustela furo)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/ferret/): Sleeps over 60% of the time in the lab, with an unusually large share of it in REM sleep (Chillhop & Lo-Fi Beats / J Dilla).
- [Fire Salamander (Salamandra salamandra)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/fire-salamander/): Glands behind the eyes and down the body that secrete toxic alkaloids, which it can actively spray at an attacker. (Electronic Metalcore & Nu-Metal / Lake Malice).
- [Fisher (Pekania pennanti)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/fisher/): Its embryos pause for 10 to 11 months and a mother mates again soon after giving birth, so a female is pregnant or nursing for almost all of her adult life (Glacial Ambient & Drone Soundscapes / Pauline Oliveros).
- [Flamboyant Cuttlefish (Metasepia pfefferi)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/flamboyant-cuttlefish/): In captivity it often sends colors traveling across its mantle, in many kinds of situations. Other cuttlefish are generally seen doing this while hunting or showing aggression. (West African Highlife & Palm-Wine Music / Pat Thomas & Kwashibu Area Band).
- [Fossa (Cryptoprocta ferox)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/fossa/): A tail about half its total length that helps it balance and jump from branch to branch, plus retractable claws and flexible ankle joints that help it climb down a tree headfirst. (Drum & Bass / Spatial Jungle / Squarepusher).
- [Frilled Lizard (Chlamydosaurus kingii)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/frilled-lizard/): Raises a neck frill held up by hyoid bones and cartilages, with its mouth open, in a startle display; if that fails it usually runs for a tree on its hind legs. (Classic Hard Rock & Southern Blues / Wolfmother).
- [Frilled Shark (Chlamydoselachus anguineus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/frilled-shark/): Six frilly gill slits, tricuspid teeth, and a lineage estimated at 82 million years old. (Modern Alt-Metal & Post-Hardcore / Bring Me The Horizon).
- [Fruit Fly (Drosophila melanogaster)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/fruit-fly/): Has counterparts to an estimated 65% of human disease genes (Big Beat & 90s Acid Techno / Daft Punk).
- [Gaboon Viper (Bitis gabonica)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/gaboon-viper/): Fangs up to 5 cm long, the longest of any venomous snake (Post-Rock & Cinematic Orchestral / Explosions in the Sky).
- [Garden Snail (Cornu aspersum)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/garden-snail/): Seals itself off with a parchment-like membrane in hot, dry weather (Neo-Classical & Baroque Chamber / Hania Rani).
- [Gaur (Bos gaurus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/gaur/): Herds that, one warden wrote, stand and fight a tiger rather than run (Post-Rock & Cinematic Orchestral / Anna Meredith).
- [Gelada (Theropithecus gelada)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/gelada/): Opposable-finger precision grazing, a lip-flip no other primate can perform, and cliff-ledge sleeping refuges (Art Pop & Baroque Pop / Jacob Collier).
- [Gentoo Penguin (Pygoscelis papua)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/gentoo-penguin/): Bimodal diving: in one tracking study, shallow dives averaged 4 metres and deep dives 80 metres (90s Pop & Eurodance / Backstreet Boys).
- [Geoffroy's Spider Monkey (Ateles geoffroyi)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/geoffroys-spider-monkey/): A tail that can pick things up and hold the monkey's weight (Psychedelic Rock & Neo-Psych / Tame Impala).
- [Geography Cone Snail (Conus geographus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/geography-cone-snail/): Venom insulin that appears to be part of the "nirvana cabal," a toxin mix released into the water to disorient schools of small fish, which the snail then engulfs and harpoons with a hollow radular tooth. (French Dark Electro & EBM / Carpenter Brut).
- [Gerenuk (Litocranius walleri)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/gerenuk/): Rears onto its hind legs to browse tree leaves that are out of reach for most other antelope species (Neo-Classical & Baroque Chamber / Arvo Pärt).
- [Gharial (Gavialis gangeticus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/gharial/): Up to 110 razor-sharp teeth, a low-drag slashing strike, and a male's ghara that buzzes as he exhales (Psychedelic Rock & Neo-Psych / The Mars Volta).
- [Ghost Bat (Macroderma gigas)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/ghost-bat/): Highly sensitive low-frequency hearing, and the sharpest estimated vision of six echolocating bats compared in one study (Modern Metalcore & Djent / Spiritbox).
- [Giant Antarctic Sea Spider (Colossendeis megalonyx)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/giant-antarctic-sea-spider/): Like other sea spiders it has no gills: oxygen diffuses in through pores in its cuticle (Sludge Metal & Heavy Drone / BIG|BRAVE).
- [Giant Anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/giant-anteater/): A 2-foot tongue that flicks in and out up to 150 times per minute (Hardcore Punk & Post-Hardcore / Minor Threat).
- [Giant Barrel Sponge (Xestospongia muta)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/giant-barrel-sponge/): Can filter up to 50,000 times its own volume of seawater every day (Sludge Metal & Heavy Drone / Sunn O)))).
- [Giant Clam (Tridacna gigas)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/giant-clam/): Hosts billions of algae in its own tissues and gets the majority of its nutrients from them (Glacial Ambient & Drone Soundscapes / Hiroshi Yoshimura).
- [Giant Freshwater Stingray (Urogymnus polylepis)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/giant-freshwater-stingray/): 2.2-meter disc width, a 300-kilogram record catch, and a long, barbed tail spine (Trip-Hop & Velvet Downtempo / Massive Attack).
- [Giant Ground Pangolin (Smutsia gigantea)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/giant-ground-pangolin/): A sticky tongue up to 70 centimeters long for trapping ants and termites, and a scaly body it rolls into a ball that's next to impossible to uncurl. (Saharan Desert Rock & Tuareg Shred / Tinariwen).
- [Giant Huntsman Spider (Heteropoda maxima)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/giant-huntsman-spider/): A leg span of up to 30 cm (Glacial Ambient & Drone Soundscapes / Lustmord).
- [Giant Isopod (Bathynomus giganteus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/giant-isopod/): A big body that can hold large fat reserves, which may help it fast when food is scarce and sporadic. (Dungeon Synth & Dark Fantasy / Mortiis).
- [Giant Oarfish (Regalecus glesne)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/giant-oarfish/): Swims with its body held straight by rippling a dorsal fin that runs its whole length, and has been seen swimming upright, which is believed to be how it searches for prey. (Glacial Ambient & Drone Soundscapes / Stars of the Lid).
- [Giant Oceanic Manta Ray (Mobula birostris)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/giant-manta-ray/): Two cephalic lobes help channel water into its mouth, making manta rays the only vertebrates with three paired appendages. (Melodic House & Techno / Stephan Bodzin).
- [Giant Pacific Octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/giant-pacific-octopus/): Three hearts, blue copper-rich blood, about 2,140 to 2,240 suckers that grip, taste, and smell, and a body that can squeeze through any hole large enough for its beak. (Trip-Hop & Velvet Downtempo / Radiohead).
- [Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/giant-panda/): The strongest jaws of any bear, and a radial sesamoid wrist bone that works as a spare thumb for gripping bamboo. (Chillhop & Lo-Fi Beats / Nujabes).
- [Giant Prickly Stick Insect (Extatosoma tiaratum)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/giant-prickly-stick-insect/): Hatches looking and behaving like an ant (Dream Pop & Shoegaze / Beach House).
- [Giant River Otter (Pteronura brasiliensis)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/giant-river-otter/): Jaw leverage that should favor speed over force, plus 22 distinct adult calls, including group choruses that might help mob caimans and jaguars. (Jazz-Funk, Soul & Lounge Fusion / Azymuth).
- [Giant Squid (Architeuthis dux)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/giant-squid/): Two long feeding tentacles that strike and tangle prey (Sludge Metal & Abyssal Doom / Bell Witch).
- [Giant Water Bug (Lethocerus americanus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/giant-water-bug/): A young bug reduced a tadpole bigger than itself to shriveled skin in an hour (70s Pop & Glam Disco / Electric Light Orchestra).
- [Gila Monster (Heloderma suspectum)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/gila-monster/): Beaded osteoderm armor and venom containing exendin-4, the peptide behind the diabetes drug exenatide (Byetta) (Stoner Rock & Desert Groove / All Them Witches).
- [Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/giraffe/): Arterial blood pressure near the heart roughly double a human's, to fight gravity. A mechanical model suggests that a rise in the pressure pushing blood through the brain as the head swings back up may help stop it fainting. (Afrobeat / Ebo Taylor).
- [Glass Frog (Centrolenidae)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/glass-frog/): Resting glass frogs in a 2022 study packed about 89% of their red blood cells into their livers, becoming two to three times more transparent. (Glacial Ambient & Drone Soundscapes / Clams Casino).
- [Gloucestershire Old Spot Pig (Sus domesticus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/gloucestershire-old-spot/): A calm, hardy build suited to outdoor rearing, and a snout that roots underground for worms and grubs. (Roots Reggae & Heavy Dub / Jah Shaka).
- [Goat (Capra hircus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/goat/): A digestive system that works nonstop, with a four-compartment stomach and an intestinal canal about 30.5 meters long (Psychedelic Rock & Neo-Psych / NEU!).
- [Goblin Shark (Mitsukurina owstoni)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/goblin-shark/): Catapulting slingshot feeding mechanism that launches its jaws at up to 3.1 meters per second (Glacial Ambient & Drone Soundscapes / Lustmord).
- [Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/golden-eagle/): A dive of up to 120 mph (193 km/h) and a hunting style that often has one eagle drive prey toward its waiting partner. (IDM & Glitch Ambient Synthesis / Boards of Canada).
- [Golden Hamster (Mesocricetus auratus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/golden-hamster/): A 16-day pregnancy, the shortest among eutherian (placental) mammals (Thrash Metal & Speed Metal / DragonForce).
- [Golden Jackal (Canis aureus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/golden-jackal/): A fast geographic expansion across Europe over the last century, in at least two waves (Pastoral Folk & Progressive Bluegrass / Simon & Garfunkel).
- [Golden Mole (Eremitalpa granti)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/golden-mole/): A middle-ear malleus denser than any other land mammal's on record, expected to boost the bone conduction it uses to detect seismic vibrations (Classic Dub & Roots Sound / Lee "Scratch" Perry).
- [Golden Poison Frog (Phyllobates terribilis)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/golden-poison-frog/): Secretes batrachotoxin and is the most toxic of all frog species; the poison of a single frog could kill up to ten people. (Psy-Trance / Infected Mushroom).
- [Golden Snub-Nosed Monkey (Rhinopithecus roxellana)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/golden-snub-nosed-monkey/): Narrows the blood vessels in its skin to cut heat loss, then lives off stored fat, losing 14 percent of its body mass over the winter. (Neo-Classical & Baroque Chamber / Midori Takada).
- [Goliath Birdeater (Theraphosa blondi)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/goliath-birdeater/): An 11-inch leg span and stinging hairs it can release to irritate predators (90s East Coast Hip-Hop & Boom Bap / A Tribe Called Quest).
- [Goliath Frog (Conraua goliath)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/goliath-frog/): Males build rock and gravel nests and wrestle rivals (Heavy Psych & Desert Rock / Earthless).
- [Goose Barnacle (Lepas anatifera)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/goose-barnacle/): Makes a glue whose molecular adhesion differs from every other permanently gluing marine animal studied to date (Trip-Hop & Velvet Downtempo / Air).
- [Gouldian Finch (Chloebia gouldiae)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/gouldian-finch/): A small stretch of DNA near the Follistatin gene that sets red or black head color, plus chick beak nodules that reflect light to help parents feed them in the dark (70s Pop & Glam Disco / Elton John).
- [Gray Wolf (Canis lupus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/gray-wolf/): A sprint of up to 38 miles per hour (61 km/h) paired with a howl that can carry up to ten miles across Arctic tundra to rally the pack. (Nordic & Steppe Folk Metal / Myrkur).
- [Great Barracuda (Sphyraena barracuda)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/great-barracuda/): A scissor-like bite that cuts prey in two (Mathcore & Chaotic Noise / Melt-Banana).
- [Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/great-blue-heron/): Waits for fish to swim near, then strikes with a rapid thrust of its bill (Art Pop & Baroque Pop / Phil Collins).
- [Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/great-cormorant/): A fast, agile underwater swimmer with wettable feathers and low buoyancy (Classic Funk, Soul & Disco / Tom Tom Club).
- [Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/great-crested-grebe/): A head-shaking courtship duet that can include a breast-to-breast 'Penguin-dance' (70s Pop & Glam Disco / ABBA).
- [Great Hammerhead Shark (Sphyrna mokarran)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/great-hammerhead/): Ampullae of Lorenzini, gel-filled pores under its head that sense the electrical signals of prey, even prey buried in sand. (Future Garage & Deep Electronica / Bicep).
- [Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/great-horned-owl/): Talons that take a force of 13 kg to open, strong enough to sever the spinal column of prey larger than itself. (Dream Pop & Shoegaze / Julee Cruise).
- [Great Scallop (Pecten maximus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/great-scallop/): Numerous tiny eyes around the mantle edge, and a swim powered by clapping its valves (2010s Pop & Electropop / Fitz and the Tantrums).
- [Great Torpedo Ray (Tetronarce nobiliana)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/torpedo-ray/): Twin kidney-shaped electric organs that fire 170 to 220 volts, enough to stun or kill a fish and, from a large adult, to disable a person. (Big Beat & 90s Acid Techno / The Prodigy).
- [Great White Shark (Carcharodon carcharias)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/great-white-shark/): Ampullae of Lorenzini that detect electrical signals as faint as 0.005 microvolts, paired with regional endothermy that keeps key parts of its body warmer than the surrounding ocean. (Thrash Metal & Speed Metal / Arch Enemy).
- [Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/greater-flamingo/): A filter-feeding bill that works with the head upside down, in water with a pH of up to 11 (80s Retrowave & Synthwave / Timecop1983).
- [Greater Jerboa (Jaculus orientalis)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/greater-jerboa/): Bipedal leaping on hind legs about four times the length of its forelimbs; leaps have been measured at up to 3 meters long (Ska-Punk & 2-Tone / The Interrupters).
- [Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/greater-roadrunner/): Runs at up to 20 mph, smashes prey against rocks, and saves energy by basking black skin on its back in the sun. (Alt-Metal & Nu-Rock / Cassyette).
- [Green Anaconda (Eunectes murinus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/green-anaconda/): A stretchy, ligament-hinged jaw that swallows prey whole; death comes from suffocating coils, or just as often, from drowning near water. (Thrash Metal & Speed Metal / Sepultura).
- [Green Drake Mayfly (Ephemera danica)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/green-drake-mayfly/): Detects water by the horizontal polarization of the light it reflects (Post-Rock & Cinematic Orchestral / Sigur Rós).
- [Green Humphead Parrotfish (Bolbometopon muricatum)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/green-humphead-parrotfish/): Males headbutt rivals with loud, jarring impacts (Heavy Psych & Garage Rock / Royal Blood).
- [Green Iguana (Iguana iguana)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/green-iguana/): Sheds its tail to escape and dives from overhanging branches into water (80s Pop & Dance Anthem / The Police).
- [Green Moray Eel (Gymnothorax funebris)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/green-moray-eel/): A yellow mucus coat that protects it from parasites and bacteria, and a sense of smell it relies on to find prey at night (Heavy Psych & Garage Rock / Ty Segall).
- [Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/green-sea-turtle/): Navigates with a map that is at least partly based on Earth's magnetic field (Krautrock & Electronic Pioneers / Harmonia).
- [Greenland Shark (Somniosus microcephalus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/greenland-shark/): It grows less than a centimeter a year, females aren't sexually mature until at least 156 years old, give or take 22, and its lifespan runs to at least 272 years, the longest of any known vertebrate. (Glacial Ambient & Drone Soundscapes / Kali Malone).
- [Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/grey-heron/): Typically waits for prey to come within striking range, then generally swallows it whole (Indie Rock & Jangle Pop / Mitski).
- [Grey Parrot (Psittacus erithacus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/grey-parrot/): One bird, Griffin, outperformed 5-year-olds on a cup-logic test (Jazz-Funk, Soul & Lounge Fusion / Bobby McFerrin).
- [Grizzly Bear (Ursus arctos horribilis)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/grizzly-bear/): Yellowstone grizzlies' claws, up to 5.9 inches long, are shaped for digging food out of the ground, and they can run 35 to 40 miles an hour. (Saharan Desert Rock & Tuareg Shred / Bombino).
- [Groundhog (Marmota monax)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/groundhog/): Digs tunnel networks up to 30 feet long, with separate chambers for hibernation (Desert Americana & Cinematic Rock / Ennio Morricone).
- [Guinea Pig (Cavia porcellus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/guinea-pig/): Popcorning: playful jumps that researchers list among the signs of good welfare (Pastoral Folk & Progressive Bluegrass / Fleet Foxes).
- [Gulper Eel (Pelican Eel) (Eurypharynx pelecanoides)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/gulper-eel/): A mouth that first unfolds and then inflates, and that researchers propose can expand to several times the eel's own body volume. (IDM & Glitch Ambient Synthesis / Oneohtrix Point Never).
- [Hamadryas Baboon (Papio hamadryas)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/hamadryas-baboon/): A four-level society, from one-male harem units up through clans and bands to troops of several hundred that share one sleeping cliff (Post-Rock & Cinematic Orchestral / MONO).
- [Harbor Seal (Phoca vitulina)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/harbor-seal/): Highly sensitive whiskers that detect the water movements a swimming fish leaves behind; blindfolded seals can use them to accurately follow a hydrodynamic trail. (Dream Pop & Shoegaze / Washed Out).
- [Harlequin Poison Frog (Oophaga histrionica)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/harlequin-poison-frog/): Skin toxins collected from its prey, able to repel or even kill a small predator (Latin Psychedelic Cumbia & Tropicalia / Systema Solar).
- [Harpy Eagle (Harpia harpyja)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/harpy-eagle/): Rear talons about five inches long, larger than a grizzly bear's claws, that the San Diego Zoo says can exert several hundred pounds of pressure, crushing bones and killing prey instantly. (90s Grunge & Heavy Alt-Rock / Soundgarden).
- [Harris's Hawk (Parabuteo unicinctus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/harris-hawk/): Cooperative pack-hunting tactics and the highest colour-vision resolution measured in any animal to date (Art Punk & Experimental Post-Punk / Television).
- [Hellbender (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/hellbender/): Cutaneous respiration through wrinkled skin folds, plus a mucus coat distasteful to potential predators (Stoner Rock & Desert Groove / Clutch).
- [Helmeted Guineafowl (Numida meleagris)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/helmeted-guineafowl/): A very loud alarm call that warns other birds and surrounding fauna (Trip-Hop & Velvet Downtempo / Jessie Ware).
- [Hercules Beetle (Dynastes hercules)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/hercules-beetle/): Horns that clamp a rival like pliers, then lift and slam him down, mandibles geared to move in complete synchrony, and elytra that turn from khaki-green to black once humidity rises above 80 percent. (Sludge Metal & Abyssal Doom / Sleep).
- [Highland Cattle (Bos taurus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/highland-cow/): A double coat that means the breed does not need a heavy layer of back fat for insulation. (Post-Rock & Cinematic Orchestral / Sigur Rós).
- [Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/hippopotamus/): A bull's canine tusks keep growing for life and can reach 50 cm, kept sharp by grinding, inside a jaw that gapes 150 degrees, more than three times a human's 45. (Heavy UK Grime & Sub-Bass / Skepta).
- [Hispaniolan Solenodon (Solenodon paradoxus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/hispaniolan-solenodon/): Likely the largest living venomous land mammal, delivering venom through a grooved second lower incisor; lab tests suggest it lowers blood pressure. (Art Punk & Experimental Post-Punk / Wire).
- [Hoatzin (Stinkbird) (Opisthocomus hoazin)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/hoatzin/): A crop that digests leaves with bacteria in a process akin to a ruminant's, and chicks with wing claws that climb back to the nest if they drop into water to escape predators. (Art Punk & Experimental Post-Punk / Talking Heads).
- [Honey Badger (Mellivora capensis)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/honey-badger/): Venom resistance from a muscle receptor that impedes snake toxin binding, and thick, loose skin that stops a predator getting a firm grip and lets it turn and bite (Classic Punk & 70s Garage / X-Ray Spex).
- [House Centipede (Scutigera coleoptrata)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/house-centipede/): Rear legs that cross above and outside the legs in front of them, which prevents entanglement (Art Punk & Experimental Post-Punk / Tune-Yards).
- [House Mouse (Mus musculus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/house-mouse/): Males sing ultrasonic songs when they smell a female (Coldwave & Glacial Post-Punk / Depeche Mode).
- [House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/house-sparrow/): Evolving regional differences in color and size in new lands (Neo-Classical & Baroque Chamber / Johann Sebastian Bach).
- [Housefly (Musca domestica)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/housefly/): Tastes food with its feet and coats hard food in saliva and stomach fluid to break it down (90s Grunge & Heavy Alt-Rock / The Breeders).
- [Human Botfly (Dermatobia hominis)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/human-botfly/): Glues its eggs to a blood-feeding carrier, usually a mosquito or a tick, which carries them to a warm-blooded host (Pop-Punk & 2000s Alt-Rock / Green Day).
- [Hummingbird Hawk-Moth (Macroglossum stellatarum)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/hummingbird-hawk-moth/): Hovers in front of flowers, and the sensors in its antennae help it control rapid turns (Math Rock & Instrumental Virtuoso / Covet).
- [Humpback Anglerfish (Melanocetus johnsonii)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/humpback-anglerfish/): Swallows prey longer than itself (Future Garage & Deep Electronica / Andy Stott).
- [Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/humpback-whale/): Five main feeding moves, including a "ring of foam" that surrounds prey before the whale dives under it and surfaces in the center, mouth open. (Post-Rock & Cinematic Orchestral / Explosions in the Sky).
- [Hydra (Hydra vulgaris)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/hydra/): Replaces all of its cells within four weeks (Glacial Ambient & Drone Soundscapes / GAS).
- [Iberian Lynx (Lynx pardinus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/iberian-lynx/): A single kill bite that punctures the back of the prey's neck and severs the spinal cord, on a diet that is 80 to 100 percent European rabbit (Drum & Bass / Precision Jungle / Photek).
- [Immortal Jellyfish (Turritopsis dohrnii)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/immortal-jellyfish/): Life cycle reversal: a damaged, starved or aging medusa becomes a cyst, then a polyp (Dream Pop & Shoegaze / M83).
- [Impala (Aepyceros melampus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/impala/): Leaps that can span over 9 metres, often over bushes and even other impala. (Drum & Bass / Precision Jungle / Roni Size & Reprazent).
- [Indian Peafowl (Pavo cristatus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/indian-peafowl/): Train-rattling: stridulating the tail feathers against the train at 25.6 Hz on average, a broadband, pulsating sound whose very low components (20 Hz and below) peafowl have been shown to perceive in playbacks. (2010s Pop & Electropop / Lorde).
- [Indian Star Tortoise (Geochelone elegans)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/indian-star-tortoise/): A starburst shell pattern that breaks up its outline in tall grass, and a body that can survive 10 to 15 days without food (Neo-Classical & Baroque Chamber / Steve Reich).
- [Inland Taipan (Oxyuranus microlepidotus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/inland-taipan/): Paradoxin, a presynaptic neurotoxin that stops nerve endings releasing the signal that makes muscles contract. The whole venom is rated the most toxic of any snake's in LD50 tests on mice. (Modern Metalcore & Djent / Spiritbox).
- [Irukandji Jellyfish (Carukia barnesi)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/irukandji-jellyfish/): Twitches its tentacles like fishing lures to draw in larval fish (IDM & Glitch Ambient Synthesis / Jon Hopkins).
- [Jaguar (Panthera onca)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/jaguar/): A skull-piercing bite that kills instantly, from jaws that get through thick reptile skin and turtle shells. (Latin Trap & Heavy 808s / Bad Bunny).
- [Jaguarundi (Herpailurus yagouaroundi)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/jaguarundi/): A bigger vocal repertoire than any other cat sharing its range, and a daytime schedule out of step with the nocturnal margay (Nu-Metal & 90s Alt-Metal / Faith No More).
- [Japanese Giant Salamander (Andrias japonicus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/japanese-giant-salamander/): Breathes mainly through its wrinkled skin, and has sensory bumps around its head that work like a fish's lateral line. (Glacial Ambient & Drone Soundscapes / Geinoh Yamashirogumi).
- [Japanese Macaque (Macaca fuscata)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/japanese-macaque/): Holds its body temperature steady in the cold with no rise in metabolic rate, apparently thanks largely to thick fur, plus hot-spring soaking that may help it keep warm. (Dream Pop & Shoegaze / Slowdive).
- [Japanese Spider Crab (Macrocheira kaempferi)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/japanese-spider-crab/): Longest Legspan of Any Living Arthropod (Industrial Rock & Cyberpunk / Justice).
- [Kakapo (Owl Parrot) (Strigops habroptilus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/kakapo/): Mottled moss-green camouflage, a freeze-in-place defence, and a booming courtship call heard up to 5 kilometres away in ideal conditions. (Afrobeats & Modern Amapiano / DJ Lag).
- [Kea (Alpine Parrot) (Nestor notabilis)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/kea/): Uses relative quantities to predict odds, as human infants and chimpanzees do, plus a love of tinkering that often turns on taps and has been known to wreck car wipers. (Celtic Punk & Folk Riot / Dropkick Murphys).
- [King Cobra (Ophiophagus hannah)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/king-cobra/): Can deliver more than a gram of neurotoxic venom, measured dry, in a single bite. (90s East Coast Hip-Hop & Boom Bap / A Tribe Called Quest).
- [King of Saxony Bird-of-Paradise (Pteridophora alberti)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/king-of-saxony-bird-of-paradise/): A male's two head plumes, each about 50 centimeters long, controlled by muscles housed in small skull depressions (2010s Pop & Electropop / Lady Gaga).
- [King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/king-penguin/): Carries its single egg on its feet for about 54 days, and tracked birds have dived past 240 meters. (Neo-Classical & Baroque Chamber / Yann Tiersen).
- [Kinkajou (Potos flavus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/kinkajou/): Rotates 180 degrees between its pelvis and head (Jazz-Funk, Soul & Lounge Fusion / Hiatus Kaiyote).
- [Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/koala/): A huge caecum, and gut bacteria that break down the eucalyptus toxins most herbivores can't tolerate. (Psychedelic Rock & Neo-Psych / Ocean Alley).
- [Kodiak Bear (Ursus arctos middendorffi)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/kodiak-bear/): Loses 20 to 40% of its body mass during hibernation, without eating, drinking, urinating or defecating in the den. (Sludge Metal & Abyssal Doom / Melvins).
- [Koi (Cyprinus rubrofuscus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/koi/): In one study, sought out a human hand for touch even after a full meal (Neo-Classical & Baroque Chamber / Clara Schumann).
- [Komodo Dragon (Varanus komodoensis)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/komodo-dragon/): Iron-reinforced serrated cutting teeth, venomous shock-inducing glands, and chainmail osteoderm armor (Thrash Metal & Speed Metal / Metallica).
- [Lar Gibbon (Hylobates lar)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/lar-gibbon/): Mated pairs sing duets that carry up to a kilometre (Neo-Classical & Baroque Chamber / Max Richter).
- [Laughing Kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/laughing-kookaburra/): A heavy, boat-shaped bill that grabs a snake behind the head and smashes it against a branch or the ground to kill it. (Indie Rock & Jangle Pop / Courtney Barnett).
- [Leafy Seadragon (Phycodurus eques)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/leafy-seadragon/): Leaf-like skin flaps that don't seem to help it move, while small, almost translucent fins do the swimming and it sways like a plant in the current. (IDM & Glitch Ambient Synthesis / Bibio).
- [Least Weasel (Mustela nivalis)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/least-weasel/): Kills prey larger than itself and can eat over half its own body weight in a day (Mathcore & Chaotic Noise / Melt-Banana).
- [Leatherback Sea Turtle (Dermochelys coriacea)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/leatherback-sea-turtle/): Gigantothermy heat retention, and backward-pointing throat spines that help hold prey (Cinematic Post-Rock & Ambient Crescendo / This Will Destroy You).
- [Leopard (Panthera pardus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/leopard/): Carries a fresh kill up to 15 m (50 ft) up a tree, even one heavier than itself, to keep it from lions and hyenas. (Cinematic Post-Rock & Ambient Crescendo / Mogwai).
- [Leopard Gecko (Eublepharis macularius)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/leopard-gecko/): A detached tail that keeps moving, flips included, for up to 30 minutes (Pop-Punk & 2000s Alt-Rock / Red Hot Chili Peppers).
- [Leopard Seal (Hydrurga leptonyx)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/leopard-seal/): Lobodont teeth that filter krill, and incisors that grip a penguin by the skin (Industrial Metal & Cyber Thrash / Fear Factory).
- [Lion's Mane Jellyfish (Cyanea capillata)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/lions-mane-jellyfish/): Tentacles speculated to trail up to 36.6 meters (120 feet); many authorities rank it the longest of all jellyfish. (Glacial Ambient & Drone Soundscapes / Tim Hecker).
- [Llama (Lama glama)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/llama/): Makes heavy chain-only antibodies, and one raised by immunization neutralized 96 of 100 HIV-1 strains tested (Neo-Classical & Baroque Chamber / Philip Glass).
- [Long-Bodied Cellar Spider (Pholcus phalangioides)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/long-bodied-cellar-spider/): Spins its body into a blur when its web is disturbed, and walks into other spiders' webs to eat them (Dream Pop & Shoegaze / My Bloody Valentine).
- [Long-Tailed Chinchilla (Chinchilla lanigera)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/long-tailed-chinchilla/): Fur with up to 60 hairs growing from one follicle (Dream Pop & Shoegaze / Lush).
- [Lowland Streaked Tenrec (Hemicentetes semispinosus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/lowland-streaked-tenrec/): A stridulation organ of 7 to 16 specialized quills on its back that make high-frequency sound when rubbed together. (Math Rock & Midwest Emo / Battles).
- [Luna Moth (Actias luna)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/luna-moth/): Spinning hindwing tails that gave tailed moths a survival advantage of about 47% over tailless ones against big brown bats (Roots Reggae & Heavy Dub / Augustus Pablo).
- [Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/magnificent-frigatebird/): Non-Waterproof Flight and Mid-Air Food Piracy (Classic Hard Rock & Southern Blues / The Black Keys).
- [Mahi-Mahi (Coryphaena hippurus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/mahi-mahi/): Grows over 4 feet long in its first year. (80s Pop & Dance Anthem / Alphaville).
- [Malabar Giant Squirrel (Ratufa indica)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/malabar-giant-squirrel/): Leaps of six meters or more between trees, and eagle-sized nests of leaves and twigs (Math Rock & Instrumental Virtuoso / Polyphia).
- [Malayan Tapir (Tapirus indicus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/malayan-tapir/): A prehensile snout, formed from the nose and upper lip, that plucks leaves from branches and places them in its mouth. (50s Rock & Roll & Rockabilly / Buddy Holly).
- [Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/mallard/): Hens lay larger eggs after mating with a preferred male (2000s Pop & R&B Anthem / *NSYNC).
- [Mandarin Duck (Aix galericulata)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/mandarin-duck/): An ordinary flight feather that regrows into a showy sail every breeding season, and tree-hole nests up to nine meters high (2010s Pop & Electropop / Katy Perry).
- [Mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/mandrill/): Skin colored blue by light-scattering collagen and red by blood, both most saturated in the top-ranked males. (70s Pop & Glam Disco / David Bowie).
- [Maned Wolf (Chrysocyon brachyurus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/maned-wolf/): Long legs to see over tall grass and large rotating ears to listen for prey in it, plus territory-marking urine that smells like a skunk to many people. (90s Grunge & Alt-Rock / Hole).
- [Mantled Howler Monkey (Alouatta palliata)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/mantled-howler-monkey/): Calls that seem to help keep neighbouring troops apart (Melodic Death Metal & Gothenburg Sound / Amon Amarth).
- [Marine Iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/marine-iguana/): Skeletal shrinkage of up to 20% during El Niño food shortages, and nasal glands that expel excess salt (First Wave Ska & Caribbean Rocksteady / Toots & The Maytals).
- [Meerkat (Suricata suricatta)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/meerkat/): 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. (Roots Reggae & Heavy Dub / Bob Marley & The Wailers).
- [Megamouth Shark (Megachasma pelagios)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/megamouth-shark/): Thought to cruise through krill swarms and suck prey in by pushing its jaws forward (Dream Pop & Shoegaze / Mazzy Star).
- [Mimic Octopus (Thaumoctopus mimicus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/mimic-octopus/): Dynamic mimicry, switching between impressions of toxic animals depending on which predator is around (Jazz-Funk, Soul & Lounge Fusion / Jamiroquai).
- [Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/monarch-butterfly/): Eastern monarchs migrate up to 3,000 miles using a sun compass (Psychedelic Rock & Neo-Psych / Pink Floyd).
- [Moon Jellyfish (Aurelia aurita)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/moon-jellyfish/): Recycles energy from its own swimming stroke to travel 30% further with every pulse (Roots Reggae & Heavy Dub / Scientist).
- [Moose (Alces alces)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/moose/): Legs that can sometimes move through deep snow more easily than a wolf's, plus a top speed of up to 35 mph. (Stoner Rock & Desert Groove / Kyuss).
- [Mound-Building Termite (Macrotermes bellicosus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/mound-building-termite/): Queens and kings that can live as long as 20 years in the lab, in a colony that grows its own fungus (Krautrock & Electronic Pioneers / Terry Riley).
- [Mountain Gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/mountain-gorilla/): A chest-beat drumroll that can be heard more than a kilometer away, pitched lower the bigger the male beating it. (Big Beat & 90s Acid Techno / The Chemical Brothers).
- [Muskox (Ovibos moschatus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/muskox/): Four inches of horn and three inches of bone over a bull's brain (Sludge Metal & Abyssal Doom / Conan).
- [Muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/muskrat/): Dense fur that traps air for insulation and buoyancy (Classic Funk, Soul & Disco / Róisín Murphy).
- [Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/mute-swan/): Raises its wings and twirls in a busking display, part of both rival standoffs and the mating ritual (Japanese City Pop & Shibuya-kei / Miki Matsubara).
- [Naked Mole-Rat (Heterocephalus glaber)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/naked-mole-rat/): High-molecular-mass hyaluronan that triggers early contact inhibition, stopping cell division at a much lower density than in mouse cells (Math Rock & Midwest Emo / Delta Sleep).
- [Narwhal (Monodon monoceros)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/narwhal/): Spiral Tusk Up to 9.8 Feet & 1,500-Meter, 25-Minute Dives (Art Pop & Baroque Pop / Björk).
- [Nile Crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/nile-crocodile/): Launches its body out of the water to grab prey (Heavy UK Grime & Sub-Bass / Mala).
- [Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/nile-tilapia/): Mouthbrooding: the female carries up to 200 eggs in her mouth until the larvae have absorbed their yolk sacs. (Art Pop & Baroque Pop / Camille).
- [Nine-Banded Armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/nine-banded-armadillo/): One fertilized egg splits into four identical embryos (Neo-Classical & Baroque Chamber / Johann Pachelbel).
- [North American Beaver (Castor canadensis)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/north-american-beaver/): Self-sharpening, iron-strengthened incisors that keep growing throughout its life and can cut through a finger-thick sapling in one bite. (Pastoral Folk & Progressive Bluegrass / Béla Fleck).
- [North Island Brown Kiwi (Apteryx mantelli)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/north-island-brown-kiwi/): Nostrils near the tip of a long, curved bill (Art Pop & Baroque Pop / Björk).
- [Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/northern-cardinal/): Turns yellow food pigments into red feathers (Slowcore & Minimal Indie / Low).
- [Northern Pike (Esox lucius)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/northern-pike/): Hides cocked in an S, then sprints to strike (90s Grunge & Alt-Rock / Pixies).
- [Norway Lemming (Lemmus lemmus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/norway-lemming/): Aposematic (warning) coloration and behavior (2000s Pop & R&B Anthem / Sam Sparro).
- [Nubian Ibex (Capra nubiana)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/nubian-ibex/): 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. (Anatolian Rock & Levantine Psych / Erkin Koray).
- [Ocean Sunfish (Mola Mola) (Mola mola)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/mola-mola/): A body with no tail fin, steered by a stiff clavus rudder and driven by synchronized, penguin-style dorsal and anal fin strokes (Ethio-Jazz & Horn of Africa Grooves / Mulatu Astatke).
- [Ocellaris Clownfish (Amphiprion ocellaris)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/ocellaris-clownfish/): Shelters among a stinging anemone's tentacles, and a male can change sex to become the breeding female (Post-Rock & Cinematic Orchestral / Mogwai).
- [Ocelot (Leopardus pardalis)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/ocelot/): Eyes with a layer that reflects light, so an ocelot can walk around at night as easily as a person walks around by day. (Latin Psychedelic Cumbia & Flamenco / Chicha Libre).
- [Okapi (Okapia johnstoni)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/okapi/): A prehensile tongue long enough to reach its own eyes and ears, plus a scent gland on each foot that leaves sticky, tar-like marks on its territory (African Rumba & Mande Pop / Papa Wemba).
- [Olm (Proteus anguinus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/olm/): Predicted 100-year-plus lifespan, electroreceptive ampullary organs, and an 18-month experimental fast (Future Garage & Deep Electronica / Burial).
- [Orca (Killer Whale) (Orcinus orca)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/orca/): Sophisticated matrilineal acoustic dialects and cooperative wave-washing attacks. (Nu-Metal & 90s Alt-Metal / Rage Against the Machine).
- [Orchid Mantis (Hymenopus coronatus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/orchid-mantis/): Color that bees cannot tell apart from real flowers, drawing in wild pollinators at an even higher rate than flowers do. (Dream Pop & Shoegaze / Cocteau Twins).
- [Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/osprey/): A reversible outer toe and spiny footpads for gripping slippery fish (Post-Rock & Cinematic Orchestral / Slint).
- [Pacific Giant Salamander (Dicamptodon tenebrosus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/pacific-giant-salamander/): An audible warning bark and a noxious tail secretion, backed up by a head-butt and a vicious bite. (90s Grunge & Heavy Alt-Rock / Nirvana).
- [Pacific Oyster (Magallana gigas)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/pacific-oyster/): Filters up to 50 gallons of seawater a day (IDM & Glitch Ambient Synthesis / Kelly Lee Owens).
- [Pallas's Cat (Manul) (Otocolobus manul)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/pallas-cat/): A flat head with short ears set low on the sides, letting it peer over boulders while stalking prey without being seen. (Dungeon Synth & Dark Fantasy / Mortiis).
- [Panther Chameleon (Furcifer pardalis)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/panther-chameleon/): Nanocrystal skin that retunes its photonic lattice to shift color within a couple of minutes, a tongue launched off its hyoid bone to up to twice its body length, and independently rotating eyes with a 360-degree arc of vision (2000s Pop & R&B Anthem / Rihanna).
- [Paradise Flying Snake (Chrysopelea paradisi)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/paradise-flying-snake/): Splays its ribs and flattens its body into a triangular cross-section that acts as the lifting surface in place of wings (Drum & Bass & Liquid Jungle / Sub Focus).
- [Peacock Mantis Shrimp (Odontodactylus scyllarus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/mantis-shrimp/): A club strike that hits twice, and eyes that rotate to read polarized light (Balkan Brass & Romani Folk Riot / Goran Bregović).
- [Peacock Spider (Maratus volans)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/peacock-spider/): A hidden abdominal fan, waved in time with the third pair of legs, and vibrations sent through the ground (Classic Funk, Soul & Disco / Earth, Wind & Fire).
- [Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/peregrine-falcon/): A stoop dive topping 320 km/h (200 mph), steered by the same proportional-navigation math used in guided missiles (Neo-Classical & Baroque Chamber / Antonio Vivaldi).
- [Periodical Cicada (Magicicada septendecim)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/periodical-cicada/): Emerges from underground with its whole brood, once every 17 years (Industrial Noise & Avant-Garde Experimental / Glenn Branca).
- [Philippine Tarsier (Carlito syrichta)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/philippine-tarsier/): Eyes that are the largest of any mammal for its body size, a head that rotates 180 degrees, and hearing that reaches about 91 kHz, well into ultrasound. (Darkwave & Ethereal Witch House / Pastel Ghost).
- [Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/pileated-woodpecker/): A barbed, sticky, stretchy tongue that hauls ants out of tunnels inside wood (Classic Funk, Soul & Disco / Sheila E.).
- [Pine Marten (Martes martes)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/pine-marten/): Sharp, semi-retractable claws and ankles that rotate through 180 degrees, letting it climb up and down trees. (Indie Rock & Jangle Pop / Frightened Rabbit).
- [Pink Fairy Armadillo (Chlamyphorus truncatus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/pink-fairy-armadillo/): An almost entirely underground mammal in a shell of bony plates and hardened scales, and almost all of that shell is flexible. (Dream Pop & Neon Indie / Pale Waves).
- [Plains Zebra (Equus quagga)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/plains-zebra/): Stripes that a 2014 study linked to biting flies, in a pattern unique enough to work as an ID card for every zebra in the herd. (Afrobeats & Modern Amapiano / Black Coffee).
- [Planarian (Schmidtea mediterranea)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/planarian/): Planarians regenerate rapidly from tiny tissue pieces (Krautrock & Electronic Pioneers / Laurie Spiegel).
- [Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/polar-bear/): Jet-black skin under hollow, clear guard hairs, with up to 10 centimeters (4 inches) of fat beneath it. (Blackgaze & Atmospheric Post-Metal / Chelsea Wolfe).
- [Portuguese Man o' War (Physalia physalis)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/portuguese-man-o-war/): A colony of clones working together as one, with four specialized parts for floating, capturing prey, feeding, and reproduction. (Darkwave & Ethereal Witch House / SALEM).
- [Potto (Perodicticus potto)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/potto/): Retia mirabilia that let it hold still for long periods without fatigue, plus a scapular shield it presents to predators (Glacial Ambient & Drone Soundscapes / Harold Budd).
- [Proboscis Monkey (Nasalis larvatus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/proboscis-monkey/): An oversized nose that amplifies a male's calls, making them louder than a female's and useful for warning the group of danger. (Jazz-Funk, Soul & Lounge Fusion / Les Baxter).
- [Pronghorn (Antilocapra americana)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/pronghorn/): Distance speed: can run 11 km at an average of 65 km/h, powered by an extraordinary capacity to consume and process oxygen (Krautrock & Electronic Pioneers / Kraftwerk).
- [Przewalski's Horse (Equus ferus przewalskii)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/przewalskis-horse/): Breeds with domestic horses and gets fertile young, despite 66 chromosomes against their 64. (Neo-Classical & Baroque Chamber / Caroline Shaw).
- [Purple Sea Urchin (Strongylocentrotus purpuratus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/purple-sea-urchin/): Scrapes algae with five teeth and digs hollows in rock (Industrial Rock & Cyberpunk / Godflesh).
- [Pygmy Hippopotamus (Choeropsis liberiensis)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/pygmy-hippo/): A glossy "blood sweat" from glands in its skin that protects its thin, sensitive skin from the sun, with more of it seen during hard exertion. (African Rumba & Mande Pop / Salif Keita).
- [Pygmy Marmoset (Cebuella pygmaea)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/pygmy-marmoset/): Elongated lower incisors that drill almost perfectly circular holes into trees, working up a favourite tree until it stops yielding enough sap, with as many as 1,300 holes in a single tree. (Pop-Punk & 2000s Alt-Rock / blink-182).
- [Quokka (Setonix brachyurus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/quokka/): Three spectrally distinct cone types for colour vision that may help it spot predators. (Indie Rock & Jangle Pop / Vampire Weekend).
- [Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/rainbow-trout/): One gene, sdY, decides whether it becomes male or female (Classic Hard Rock & Southern Blues / Fleetwood Mac).
- [Red Abalone (Haliotis rufescens)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/red-abalone/): Clamps its shell down onto the rock, and the strength of its muscle makes it extremely difficult to detach. (Neo-Classical & Baroque Chamber / Caroline Shaw).
- [Red Deer (Cervus elaphus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/red-deer/): Stags that roar through the autumn rut, then regrow a full set of antlers each year (Opera & Romantic Vocal Drama / Jussi Björling & Robert Merrill).
- [Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/red-fox/): When a red fox hunts under snow or in tall grass, its successful pounces are tightly clustered to the north, while leaps in other directions mostly miss. (Dance-Punk & Electroclash / The Ting Tings).
- [Red Imported Fire Ant (Solenopsis invicta)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/red-imported-fire-ant/): Links bodies with its nestmates to form a waterproof raft (Dance-Punk & Electroclash / LCD Soundsystem).
- [Red Kangaroo (Osphranter rufus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/red-kangaroo/): Powerful hind legs and a balancing tail carry it at up to 64 km/h, and its energy use stays nearly the same as it hops faster on level ground. (Classic Hard Rock & Southern Blues / AC/DC).
- [Red King Crab (Paralithodes camtschaticus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/red-king-crab/): Young crabs travel in pods of tens of thousands (Blackgaze & Atmospheric Post-Metal / Pelican).
- [Red Kite (Milvus milvus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/red-kite/): A deeply forked tail it keeps angling to steer while soaring, barely moving its wings. (Psychedelic Rock & Neo-Psych / Super Furry Animals).
- [Red Lionfish (Pterois volitans)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/red-lionfish/): The persistent-predation strategy: it chased a faster fish at about half its speed and caught it in 61% of lab trials. (Art Punk & Experimental Post-Punk / Electrelane).
- [Red Panda (Ailurus fulgens)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/red-panda/): A false thumb: an enlarged wrist bone (the radial sesamoid) it uses to grasp bamboo. (Hyperpop & Kawaii Future Bass / Snail's House).
- [Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/red-squirrel/): Double-jointed ankles for moving up and down trees with ease, plus a jump of more than two metres. (Pastoral Folk & Progressive Bluegrass / Donovan).
- [Red-Bellied Piranha (Pygocentrus nattereri)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/red-bellied-piranha/): Triangular, razor-sharp interlocking teeth that bite down with great force and shearing ability (Math Rock & Instrumental Virtuoso / Battles).
- [Red-Eared Slider (Trachemys scripta elegans)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/red-eared-slider/): Nest temperature decides its sex. (2020s Pop & Modern Alt / Glass Animals).
- [Red-Eyed Tree Frog (Agalychnis callidryas)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/red-eyed-tree-frog/): Startle coloration: flashing bulging red eyes, huge orange feet, and blue-and-yellow flanks, which may give a bird or snake pause long enough for the frog to escape. (Pop-Punk & 2000s Alt-Rock / Paramore).
- [Red-Lipped Batfish (Ogcocephalus darwini)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/red-lipped-batfish/): Fin-walking on the seabed, with a fishing lure that tucks into a cavity on its snout (Indie Rock & Jangle Pop / The Proclaimers).
- [Red-Tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/red-tailed-hawk/): Sees ultraviolet colours humans cannot (Art Punk & Experimental Post-Punk / Yeah Yeah Yeahs).
- [Reindeer (Caribou) (Rangifer tarandus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/reindeer/): A tapetum lucidum (mirror layer behind the retina) that shifts from gold-turquoise in summer to deep blue in winter to match Arctic twilight, paired with a retina that also responds to ultraviolet light. (Nordic Dark Folk & Ritual Atmospheric / Mari Boine).
- [Resplendent Quetzal (Pharomachrus mocinno)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/resplendent-quetzal/): Iridescent Tail Plumes up to 90 cm & Laurel Seed Dispersal (Cuban Son & Trova / Buena Vista Social Club).
- [Reticulated Python (Malayopython reticulatus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/reticulated-python/): Extreme length, up to 33 feet (10 meters), plus heat-sensing pit organs that detect prey without necessarily seeing it. (Sludge Metal & Abyssal Doom / Russian Circles).
- [Ring-Tailed Lemur (Lemur catta)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/ring-tailed-lemur/): Scent warfare: males mix wrist (antebrachial) and chest (brachial) gland secretions, then anoint their tails for stink fights against rivals. (Dance-Punk & Electroclash / Yeah Yeah Yeahs).
- [Ringed Caecilian (Siphonops annulatus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/ringed-caecilian/): Mothers feed hatchlings with their own skin and a lipid-rich milk released from the vent (Trip-Hop & Eerie Downtempo / Portishead).
- [Rock Dove (Columba livia)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/rock-dove/): Homing: trained pigeons can return to their home loft from long distances away (Pastoral Folk & Progressive Bluegrass / Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros).
- [Rock Hyrax (Procavia capensis)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/rock-hyrax/): Males sing songs whose syllable order differs between regions of Israel, like dialects. (Big Beat & 90s Acid Techno / Fatboy Slim).
- [Roseate Spoonbill (Platalea ajaja)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/roseate-spoonbill/): Tactolocation: a slightly open bill, swung from side to side, that snaps shut when it contacts prey (80s Pop & Dance Anthem / Whitney Houston).
- [Ross Seal (Ommatophoca rossii)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/ross-seal/): 70-millimetre eyes that may be an adaptation for hunting in dimly lit depths (Darkwave & Ethereal Witch House / Dead Can Dance).
- [Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/ruby-throated-hummingbird/): Wingbeats over 50 times a second, and often a body-doubling, non-stop Gulf of Mexico crossing (2010s Pop & Electropop / Taylor Swift).
- [Russell's Viper (Daboia russelii)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/russells-viper/): Venom that differs significantly between five Indian regions, in composition and potency (Modern Metalcore & Djent / Jinjer).
- [Sacred Scarab (Scarabaeus sacer)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/sacred-scarab/): Rolled dung balls of 16 to 86 cc in a Turkish study, and holds flight heat in its thorax (80s Retrowave & Synthwave / Kavinsky).
- [Saiga Antelope (Saiga tatarica)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/saiga-antelope/): An oversized, inflatable nose that helps it breathe warm air in frosty winters and filter dust in summer. (Nordic & Steppe Folk Metal / The HU).
- [Saltwater Crocodile (Crocodylus porosus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/saltwater-crocodile/): A bite that hit 3,689 pounds in one individual, the highest measured in any animal, and dermal pressure receptors that detect the ripples prey leave on the water's surface. (Modern Metalcore & Djent / Jinjer).
- [Sandfish Sea Cucumber (Holothuria scabra)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/sandfish-sea-cucumber/): Turns sea floor sediment into about 26 pellets an hour (Sub-Bass Dub & Industrial Heavyweight / Rhythm & Sound).
- [Sandhill Crane (Antigone canadensis)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/sandhill-crane/): Mated pairs call in unison, a loud rattling trumpet duet (Classic Funk, Soul & Disco / Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell).
- [Satanic Leaf-Tailed Gecko (Uroplatus phantasticus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/satanic-leaf-tailed-gecko/): Camouflage matched to a dead leaf, right down to the apparent decay, missing chunks, and lichen-like patches. (Gothic Rock & Post-Punk / Bauhaus).
- [Satin Bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/satin-bowerbird/): Builds a twin-walled stick avenue bower and decorates it with blue objects to attract females. (Art Pop & Baroque Pop / Kate Bush).
- [Scalloped Hammerhead (Sphyrna lewini)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/scalloped-hammerhead/): A wide, notched head with electroreceptors on its underside. It appears to sense a weak electric field no better than a sandbar shark does, but seems to give a wider search area and sharp turns at high speed. (Drum & Bass / Spatial Jungle / LTJ Bukem).
- [Scaly-foot Snail (Chrysomallon squamiferum)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/scaly-foot-snail/): Foot scales and shell often mineralised with iron sulfide, and a heart that's about 4% of its body volume (Industrial Rock & Cyberpunk / Godflesh).
- [Scarlet Macaw (Ara macao)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/scarlet-macaw/): A beak that can break open the toughest nuts and grind hard seeds against the palate, paired with a monogamous bond that lasts for life. (Brazilian Bossa Nova & Tropicalia Samba / Gal Costa).
- [Sea Lamprey (Petromyzon marinus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/sea-lamprey/): A jawless, sucker-like mouth ringed with small, sharp teeth that act as a rasp, plus a file-like tongue (Sludge Metal & Heavy Drone / Boris).
- [Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/sea-otter/): Up to a million hairs per square inch, the densest fur of any mammal, plus a skin pocket that carries a rock for cracking shells. (Classic Funk, Soul & Disco / Khruangbin).
- [Secretarybird (Sagittarius serpentarius)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/secretarybird/): Stomping kicks: one captive male's peak force averaged five times his body weight, his foot on the snake for about 15 milliseconds a strike. (Latin Psychedelic Cumbia & Flamenco / Rodrigo y Gabriela).
- [Serval (Leptailurus serval)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/serval/): Ultrasonic hearing that picks up rodents' high-pitched calls, and a standing leap more than 2.7 meters (9 feet) straight up (Ethio-Jazz & Horn of Africa Grooves / Hailu Mergia).
- [Seven-Spot Ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/seven-spot-ladybird/): Bleeds toxic alkaloids from its leg joints (Garage Blues & Swamp Rock / The White Stripes).
- [Shoebill Stork (Balaeniceps rex)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/shoebill-stork/): Massive clog-shaped bill with sharp edges and a sharp hook, used to grab large prey such as lungfish in a lunging strike called "collapsing." (Industrial Rock & Cyberpunk / Nine Inch Nails).
- [Short-Beaked Echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/echidna/): An electric sense in the snout, the first known in a land animal, plus 693 scent-receptor genes to the platypus's 299, which may help it search for the odours of underground prey. (Art Punk & Experimental Post-Punk / The Drones).
- [Shortfin Mako Shark (Isurus oxyrinchus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/shortfin-mako-shark/): Bursts up to 70 km/h and keeps swimming muscles warmer than the surrounding sea (2020s Pop & Modern Alt / Charli xcx).
- [Siamese Fighting Fish (Betta splendens)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/siamese-fighting-fish/): Breathes air through a labyrinth organ above its gills (Art Pop & Baroque Pop / Imogen Heap).
- [Signal Crayfish (Pacifastacus leniusculus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/signal-crayfish/): Highly resistant to the crayfish plague (Dance-Punk & Electroclash / Ladytron).
- [Silkworm (Bombyx mori)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/silkworm/): Spins a single silk thread up to 1,800 metres long (Dream Pop & Shoegaze / My Bloody Valentine).
- [Silverfish (Lepisma saccharinum)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/silverfish/): Keeps molting as an adult and can go up to a year without food (Art Pop & Baroque Pop / Laurie Anderson).
- [Sloth Bear (Melursus ursinus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/sloth-bear/): Vacuum-cleaner feeding: a gap where its top two front teeth should be lets it suck up termites, it can close its nostrils while it feeds, and the slurping can be heard up to 100 meters away. (80s Retrowave & Synthwave / Carpenter Brut).
- [Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/snow-leopard/): Leaps of up to thirty feet, and an enlarged nasal cavity that warms the air before it reaches the lungs. (Blackgaze & Atmospheric Post-Metal / Myrkur).
- [Snow Petrel (Pagodroma nivea)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/snow-petrel/): A defensive spit of partly digested stomach oil that builds up into nest deposits, some radiocarbon-dated to the last ice age. (Dream Pop & Shoegaze / Ride).
- [Snowy Owl (Bubo scandiacus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/snowy-owl/): Usually watches for prey from a perch, then swoops down in a "wallop" to snatch it with strong talons. (Dream Pop & Shoegaze / Slowdive).
- [Sociable Weaver (Philetairus socius)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/sociable-weaver/): Collective architecture: colonies build the world's largest bird nest, an insulated haystack that can weigh several tons and shelter hundreds of birds (Neo-Classical & Baroque Chamber / Terry Riley).
- [Sockeye Salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/sockeye-salmon/): Returns to spawn in the freshwater system where it was hatched (Pastoral Folk & Progressive Bluegrass / John Denver).
- [South American Bushmaster (Lachesis muta)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/south-american-bushmaster/): Facial heat-sensing pits that let it aim a strike at a warm body within 50 centimeters with no other senses needed, backed by venom produced in quantities of up to 400 milligrams. (Latin Trap & Heavy 808s / ROSALÍA).
- [Southern Black Widow (Latrodectus mactans)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/southern-black-widow/): Venom that acts on the motor endplate to allow a massive release of noradrenaline and acetylcholine, causing excessive stimulation and fatigue of the muscle. (Math Rock & Instrumental Virtuoso / Intervals).
- [Southern Cassowary (Casuarius casuarius)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/cassowary/): A five-inch dagger-like claw on each foot, a leap of up to seven feet off the ground, and a casque that appears to work as a heat radiator and glows under ultraviolet light. (Thrash Metal & Speed Metal / Slayer).
- [Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/southern-elephant-seal/): Breath-holds of up to two hours on oxygen-rich blood, and a roaring proboscis (Sub-Bass Dub & Industrial Heavyweight / The Bug).
- [Southern Stingray (Hypanus americanus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/southern-stingray/): Thousands of electrical sensors on its underside detect the electric field of prey buried in the sand (Krautrock & Electronic Pioneers / Suzanne Ciani).
- [Spectacled Bear (Tremarctos ornatus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/spectacled-bear/): Builds platforms in trees for eating and sleeping (Garage Blues & Swamp Rock / KT Tunstall).
- [Sperm Whale (Physeter macrocephalus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/sperm-whale/): A gigantic nose that fires echolocation clicks up to 236 decibels underwater, the loudest sounds known from any animal, and an oil sac of spermaceti that helps focus the sound. (Sludge Metal & Abyssal Doom / Gojira).
- [Spitting Spider (Scytodes thoracica)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/spitting-spider/): Fires a zigzag spray of silk, glue and venom at up to 28.8 meters a second, then bites once the glue is dry (Breakcore & Chaotic Drill / Igorrr).
- [Spotted Hyena (Crocuta crocuta)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/spotted-hyena/): Jaws that crush bone with ease, in a skull that helps spread the stress of a bite. (Industrial Hip-Hop & Experimental Noise / Death Grips).
- [Spotted Lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/spotted-lanternfly/): Stores a defensive chemical from tree of heaven, and birds in a study avoided lanternflies collected from it (2000s Pop & R&B Anthem / Kylie Minogue).
- [Springbok (Antidorcas marsupialis)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/springbok/): Pronking: stiff-legged vertical leaps up to 3.5 m high. (80s Pop & Dance Anthem / Van Halen).
- [Stag Beetle (Lucanus cervus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/stag-beetle/): Antler-like mandibles used to pry rival males loose and even throw them. (Modern Metalcore & Djent / Architects).
- [Staghorn Coral (Acropora cervicornis)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/staghorn-coral/): Grows up to 8 inches of branch a year, and broken pieces re-attach to start new colonies (Drum & Bass / Precision Jungle / Goldie).
- [Star-Nosed Mole (Condylura cristata)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/star-nosed-mole/): Eimer's organs on twenty-two nasal rays that touch new spots about thirteen times a second, and sniffing underwater with exhaled air bubbles. (Math Rock & Technical Finger-Tapping / Covet).
- [Stoat (Mustela erminea)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/stoat/): Can Drag Prey Heavier Than Itself & Seasonal Ermine Coat-Swap (Britpop & 90s Madchester / Happy Mondays).
- [Strawberry Poison-Dart Frog (Oophaga pumilio)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/strawberry-poison-dart-frog/): Poison collected from its diet, advertised in bright color (Art Punk & Experimental Post-Punk / Sleigh Bells).
- [Striated Frogfish (Antennarius striatus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/striated-frogfish/): A worm-mimicking lure called an esca, followed by a strike that expands its mouth up to twelve times and pulls in prey along with water in about six milliseconds (Drum & Bass / Precision Jungle / Current Value).
- [Striped Bark Scorpion (Centruroides vittatus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/striped-bark-scorpion/): A venom peptide, CvIV4, that slows the closing of Nav1.7, a sodium channel in pain-sensing nerves, plus a defense split by sex: in lab tests males sprinted faster and females stung faster. (Classic Hard Rock & Southern Blues / ZZ Top).
- [Striped Hyena (Hyaena hyaena)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/striped-hyena/): Jaws that crush and swallow bones, horns and hooves, and a digestive system adapted to maximize the nutrition it gets from its food; only the horns, hooves and hair come back up. (Gothic Rock & Post-Punk / Boy Harsher).
- [Striped Skunk (Mephitis mephitis)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/striped-skunk/): A U-shaped stance and paired anal glands that fire a temporarily blinding thiol spray up to about 6 meters (90s Ska Punk & Irreverent Brass / Reel Big Fish).
- [Suffolk Sheep (Ovis aries)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/suffolk-sheep/): Rapid growth: lambs can gain more than a pound (0.45 kg) a day and be market-ready as early as three to four months old. (Britpop & 90s Madchester / The Stone Roses).
- [Sugar Glider (Petaurus breviceps)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/sugar-glider/): A patagium gliding membrane running wrist to ankle, letting it glide up to about 150 feet between trees while steering with its tail as a rudder. (Hyperpop & Kawaii Future Bass / 100 gecs).
- [Sun Bear (Helarctos malayanus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/sun-bear/): Although it is the smallest bear in the world, it has the longest tongue. (Pastoral Folk & Progressive Bluegrass / Abigail Washburn).
- [Sunda Colugo (Galeopterus variegatus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/sunda-colugo/): A furred gliding membrane (patagium) running from neck to fingers, toes and tail, spreading to about 70 cm in a glide (Ethereal Wave & Dream Pop / Cocteau Twins).
- [Sunda Pangolin (Manis javanica)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/sunda-pangolin/): Overlapping, sharp-tipped scales, and a well-developed neuromuscular system that curls it into a ball over its scaleless belly (Heavy Psych & Desert Rock / 1000mods).
- [Sunda Slow Loris (Nycticebus coucang)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/sunda-slow-loris/): Brachial gland chemical weaponization and specialized toothcomb venom delivery (Trip-Hop & Eerie Downtempo / Sneaker Pimps).
- [Superb Lyrebird (Menura novaehollandiae)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/superb-lyrebird/): A song built roughly 80% from mimicry, including an acoustic illusion of a mixed-species alarm flock convincing enough that real birds treat it as genuine. (IDM & Glitch Ambient Synthesis / Aphex Twin).
- [Surinam Toad (Pipa pipa)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/surinam-toad/): Subcutaneous honeycomb egg incubation and whole-trunk suction feeding (IDM & Glitch Ambient Synthesis / Autechre).
- [Swordfish (Xiphias gladius)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/swordfish/): A heating tissue in one of its eye muscles that warms the brain and eyes up to 10 to 15 degrees C above the water, one adaptation that lets it swim in depths where the water may be just above freezing (Drum & Bass / Precision Jungle / Squarepusher).
- [Sydney Funnel-Web Spider (Atrax robustus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/sydney-funnel-web-spider/): Robustoxin (delta-atracotoxin-Ar1), a 42-amino-acid peptide in male venom that stops some sodium channels in nerve cells from switching off properly. Its toxin family likely evolved to deter vertebrate predators such as bandicoots, birds and lizards, but robustoxin severely affects the nervous systems of humans and monkeys. (Classic Hard Rock & Southern Blues / Joan Jett & the Blackhearts).
- [Tardigrade (Water Bear) (Hypsibius exemplaris)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/tardigrade/): Dries into a dormant "tun" in which its cells and mitochondria shrink, and answers gamma-ray damage by rapidly switching on many DNA-repair genes. (IDM & Glitch Ambient Synthesis / Aphex Twin).
- [Tasmanian Devil (Sarcophilus harrisii)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/tasmanian-devil/): Pound for pound, no living mammal predator in a 2005 study had a higher estimated bite force than the Tasmanian devil. (Aussie Garage Punk & Pub Rock / Amyl and the Sniffers).
- [Tawny Owl (Strix aluco)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/tawny-owl/): Asymmetrical ear openings that let it locate a sound from the tiny difference in when it reaches each ear. (Trip-Hop & Velvet Downtempo / Portishead).
- [Texas Horned Lizard (Phrynosoma cornutum)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/texas-horned-lizard/): Blood-squirting eye defense and skin channels that steer water toward its snout (Desert Americana & Cinematic Rock / Calexico).
- [Thorny Devil (Moloch horridus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/thorny-devil/): Grooves between its scales collect water and carry it by capillary action, even against gravity, to the corners of its mouth. (Psychedelic Rock & Neo-Psych / King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard).
- [Thorny Seahorse (Hippocampus histrix)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/thorny-seahorse/): Males carry the eggs in a brood pouch, where they fertilize, aerate and osmoregulate the embryos. (90s Grunge & Alt-Rock / Hole).
- [Three-Toed Sloth (Bradypus tridactylus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/three-toed-sloth/): A metabolism slower than other mammals its size, and fur algae that can tint it green for canopy camouflage (Glacial Ambient & Drone Soundscapes / Brian Eno).
- [Tiger Pistol Shrimp (Alpheus bellulus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/pistol-shrimp/): A claw whose plunger-and-socket mechanism fires a cavitating water jet; in a related snapping shrimp, the bubble it creates collapses at temperatures of at least 5,000 kelvin and flashes with light. (Mathcore & Chaotic Noise / The Dillinger Escape Plan).
- [Tiger Shark (Galeocerdo cuvier)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/tiger-shark/): Deeply notched, serrated teeth that, with a saw-like shake of the head, tear chunks from much larger animals and can pierce sea turtle shells (Industrial Rock & Cyberpunk / Ministry).
- [Timber Rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/timber-rattlesnake/): Heat-sensing pits between nostril and eye that detect very slight changes in temperature (Cuban Son & Trova / Buena Vista Social Club).
- [Toco Toucan (Ramphastos toco)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/toco-toucan/): A bill laced with blood vessels that works as a heat radiator, carrying away an average of 60 percent of the bird's non-evaporative heat loss above 28°C. (Brazilian Bossa Nova & Tropicalia Samba / Sérgio Mendes).
- [Tsetse Fly (Glossina morsitans)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/tsetse-fly/): Feeds its young on "milk" from glands inside the mother (Heavy UK Grime & Sub-Bass / Mala).
- [Tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/tuatara/): A light-sensitive third eye with a retina and lens, and the lowest optimal body temperature of any reptile, 16 to 21 degrees Celsius. (Post-Rock & Cinematic Space / God Is An Astronaut).
- [Tufted Capuchin (Sapajus apella)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/tufted-capuchin/): Opens otherwise inaccessible fruit by smashing it on tree surfaces or using baton-like pieces of branch (Classic Hard Rock & Southern Blues / Led Zeppelin).
- [Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/turkey-vulture/): Finds carrion by smell, even beneath forest canopy (Indie Rock & Jangle Pop / Modest Mouse).
- [Vampire Squid (Vampyroteuthis infernalis)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/vampire-squid/): Thriving where oxygen is only a fraction of surface levels, and pulsing blue light at its arm tips. (Future Garage & Deep Electronica / Burial).
- [Vaquita (Phocoena sinus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/vaquita/): Nearly continuous echolocation clicks that acoustic detectors can pick up (IDM & Glitch Ambient Synthesis / Autechre).
- [Veiled Chameleon (Chamaeleo calyptratus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/veiled-chameleon/): An elastic tongue that can accelerate at more than 50 times the pull of gravity and reach full length in under 30 milliseconds. (Roots Reggae & Heavy Dub / King Tubby & Augustus Pablo).
- [Virginia Opossum (Didelphis virginiana)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/virginia-opossum/): Involuntary catatonic collapse paired with near-total resistance to pit viper venom. (90s Riot Grrrl & Grunge / Babes in Toyland).
- [Vogelkop Bowerbird (Amblyornis inornata)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/vogelkop-bowerbird/): Builds a different bower style depending on population, which may be a partly learned tradition passed down like a human art style. (Art Pop & Baroque Pop / Sufjan Stevens).
- [Volta Electric Eel (Electrophorus voltai)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/electric-eel/): Bioelectrogenesis discharging up to 860 volts of direct electrical current (Classic Funk, Soul & Disco / Daft Punk).
- [Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/walrus/): About 400 to 700 whiskers on a snout that a walrus moves through seafloor sediment to find food. (Nordic & Steppe Folk Metal / Wardruna).
- [Wandering Albatross (Diomedea exulans)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/wandering-albatross/): Wingspan of about 3 m, and cruises on tail or side winds using little more energy than a bird resting on land (Ska-Punk & 2-Tone / The Specials).
- [Water Buffalo (Bubalus bubalis)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/water-buffalo/): Wallows in mud to cool off, with sweat glands that are poorly spread (Sludge Metal & Abyssal Doom / Crowbar).
- [Water Flea (Daphnia pulex)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/water-flea/): Some clones grow neckteeth in response to chemical cues from the predator Chaoborus (Future Garage & Deep Electronica / Caribou).
- [Weddell Seal (Leptonychotes weddellii)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/weddell-seal/): Rasps breathing holes open through new sea ice with its canine and incisor teeth, dives as deep as 720 metres, and can stay under for more than 90 minutes with no neurological or behavioural impairment. (IDM, Glitch & Ambient Synthesis / Jon Hopkins).
- [Wels Catfish (Silurus glanis)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/wels-catfish/): Recorded maxima of 2.73 meters and 130 kilograms, and the ability to track a prey fish's wake with no visible light (Stoner Rock & Desert Groove / Red Fang).
- [West Indian Manatee (Trichechus manatus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/manatee/): Marching molars that are constantly replaced, new teeth forming at the back of the jaw and moving forward about a centimeter a month. (Jazz-Funk, Soul & Lounge Fusion / Grover Washington, Jr. & Bill Withers).
- [Western Diamondback Rattlesnake (Crotalus atrox)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/western-diamondback-rattlesnake/): A heat-sensing pit on each side of its head (Thrash Metal & Speed Metal / Metallica).
- [Western Grebe (Aechmophorus occidentalis)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/western-grebe/): A neck structure, found among grebes only in it and Clark's grebe, for rapid spear-like thrusting of the bill (70s Pop & Glam Disco / Bee Gees).
- [Western Honeybee (Apis mellifera)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/honeybee/): Waggle-dance directions read from the sun and gravity, a barbed sting that costs its owner her life, and a nest built from hexagonal wax cells. (Afrobeats & Modern Amapiano / Wizkid).
- [Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/whale-shark/): Dermal denticles that armor its eyeballs, and 20 filter pads that strain more than 600,000 liters of seawater an hour in a 6-meter shark, by one estimate. (Dream Pop & Shoegaze / Beach House).
- [White Rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/white-rhinoceros/): A dermis 18 millimeters thick on average, and a keratin front horn that can grow longer than 1.5 meters (5 feet). (Stoner Rock & Desert Groove / Red Fang).
- [White-Nosed Coati (Nasua narica)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/white-nosed-coati/): A flexible snout that sniffs out beetles, scorpions and grubs from the forest floor. (Krautrock & Electronic Pioneers / Electrelane).
- [White-Spotted Pufferfish (Torquigener albomaculosus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/japanese-pufferfish/): Sand architecture: digs a circle about 2 meters wide, ridged like a wheel, with its fins (Krautrock & Electronic Pioneers / Kraftwerk).
- [White-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/white-tailed-deer/): A white tail raised as a danger signal (Neo-Classical & Baroque Chamber / Antonio Vivaldi).
- [Wild Boar (Sus scrofa)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/wild-boar/): A long, flattened snout that gives it a heightened sense of smell (Neo-Classical & Baroque Chamber / Maurice Ravel).
- [Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/wild-turkey/): A gobble that can be heard up to a mile away (Classic Funk, Soul & Disco / The Meters).
- [Wolverine (Gulo gulo)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/wolverine/): Durophagous (bone-crushing) teeth, the stiffest and most crush-resistant jaw-joint bone of 40 carnivores tested, and a powerful jaw and large neck muscles that let it crush and use bones and frozen flesh. (Hardcore Punk & Post-Hardcore / Turnstile).
- [Wood Frog (Lithobates sylvaticus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/wood-frog/): Extreme biological cryoprotection and whole-body freezing survival (Coldwave & Glacial Post-Punk / Molchat Doma).
- [Yellow Fever Mosquito (Aedes aegypti)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/yellow-fever-mosquito/): Detects the left-handed or right-handed form of a chemical in mammal odour (Neo-Classical & Baroque Chamber / Johann Sebastian Bach).
- [Yellow-Footed Rock-Wallaby (Petrogale xanthopus)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/yellow-footed-rock-wallaby/): Leaps of up to four metres from rock to rock on short-clawed, thickly padded hind feet (Pop-Punk & 2000s Alt-Rock / Sum 41).
- [Yellowfin Tuna (Thunnus albacares)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/yellowfin-tuna/): Warm swimming muscle: a heat exchanger holding a 10 degrees C temperature difference would typically double the muscle's peak power (Post-Rock & Cinematic Orchestral / Anna Meredith).

## Technical Architecture & LLM Ingestion

- **Canonical URL Pattern**: `https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/[slug]/`
- **Sitemap Index**: `https://animaltracks.wiki/sitemap-index.xml`
- **Structured Data**: JSON-LD graph with Taxon, Article, FAQPage, CollectionPage, and BreadcrumbList.
- **Image Attribution**: Species photos are high-resolution WebP files, mostly from Wikimedia Commons, under open licenses (mostly Creative Commons) or in the public domain. Each profile credits the photographer and license.