--- title: "Least Concern Animals (Page 8 of 12) | AnimalTracks.wiki" description: "Widespread and stable, for now. Being common is not the same as being safe, and several of these were assessed decades ago." image: "https://animaltracks.wiki/icon-512.png" canonical: "https://animaltracks.wiki/status/least-concern/page/8/" --- # Least Concern Animals (Page 8 of 12) > Widespread and stable, for now. Being common is not the same as being safe, and several of these were assessed decades ago. **266 species in this collection.** - [Mandarin Duck](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/mandarin-duck/) (*Aix galericulata*) - **Superpower**: An ordinary flight feather that regrows into a showy sail every breeding season, and tree-hole nests up to nine meters high - **Musical Match**: Katy Perry (2010s Pop & Electropop) - [Meerkat](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/meerkat/) (*Suricata suricatta*) - **Superpower**: A rotating sentinel watch with alarm calls graded by urgency, dark eye patches that cut the sun's glare, and some immunity to a scorpion's sting. - **Musical Match**: Bob Marley & The Wailers (Roots Reggae & Heavy Dub) - [Megamouth Shark](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/megamouth-shark/) (*Megachasma pelagios*) - **Superpower**: Thought to cruise through krill swarms and suck prey in by pushing its jaws forward - **Musical Match**: Mazzy Star (Dream Pop & Shoegaze) - [Mimic Octopus](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/mimic-octopus/) (*Thaumoctopus mimicus*) - **Superpower**: Dynamic mimicry, switching between impressions of toxic animals depending on which predator is around - **Musical Match**: Jamiroquai (Jazz-Funk, Soul & Lounge Fusion) - [Monarch Butterfly](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/monarch-butterfly/) (*Danaus plexippus*) - **Superpower**: Eastern monarchs migrate up to 3,000 miles using a sun compass - **Musical Match**: Pink Floyd (Psychedelic Rock & Neo-Psych) - [Moose](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/moose/) (*Alces alces*) - **Superpower**: Legs that can sometimes move through deep snow more easily than a wolf's, plus a top speed of up to 35 mph. - **Musical Match**: Kyuss (Stoner Rock & Desert Groove) - [Muskox](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/muskox/) (*Ovibos moschatus*) - **Superpower**: Four inches of horn and three inches of bone over a bull's brain - **Musical Match**: Conan (Sludge Metal & Abyssal Doom) - [Muskrat](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/muskrat/) (*Ondatra zibethicus*) - **Superpower**: Dense fur that traps air for insulation and buoyancy - **Musical Match**: Róisín Murphy (Classic Funk, Soul & Disco) - [Mute Swan](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/mute-swan/) (*Cygnus olor*) - **Superpower**: Raises its wings and twirls in a busking display, part of both rival standoffs and the mating ritual - **Musical Match**: Miki Matsubara (Japanese City Pop & Shibuya-kei) - [Naked Mole-Rat](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/naked-mole-rat/) (*Heterocephalus glaber*) - **Superpower**: High-molecular-mass hyaluronan that triggers early contact inhibition, stopping cell division at a much lower density than in mouse cells - **Musical Match**: Delta Sleep (Math Rock & Midwest Emo) - [Narwhal](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/narwhal/) (*Monodon monoceros*) - **Superpower**: Spiral Tusk Up to 9.8 Feet & 1,500-Meter, 25-Minute Dives - **Musical Match**: Björk (Art Pop & Baroque Pop) - [Nile Crocodile](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/nile-crocodile/) (*Crocodylus niloticus*) - **Superpower**: Launches its body out of the water to grab prey - **Musical Match**: Mala (Heavy UK Grime & Sub-Bass) - [Nile Tilapia](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/nile-tilapia/) (*Oreochromis niloticus*) - **Superpower**: Mouthbrooding: the female carries up to 200 eggs in her mouth until the larvae have absorbed their yolk sacs. - **Musical Match**: Camille (Art Pop & Baroque Pop) - [Nine-Banded Armadillo](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/nine-banded-armadillo/) (*Dasypus novemcinctus*) - **Superpower**: One fertilized egg splits into four identical embryos - **Musical Match**: Johann Pachelbel (Neo-Classical & Baroque Chamber) - [North American Beaver](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/north-american-beaver/) (*Castor canadensis*) - **Superpower**: Self-sharpening, iron-strengthened incisors that keep growing throughout its life and can cut through a finger-thick sapling in one bite. - **Musical Match**: Béla Fleck (Pastoral Folk & Progressive Bluegrass) - [Northern Cardinal](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/northern-cardinal/) (*Cardinalis cardinalis*) - **Superpower**: Turns yellow food pigments into red feathers - **Musical Match**: Low (Slowcore & Minimal Indie) - [Northern Pike](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/northern-pike/) (*Esox lucius*) - **Superpower**: Hides cocked in an S, then sprints to strike - **Musical Match**: Pixies (90s Grunge & Alt-Rock) - [Norway Lemming](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/norway-lemming/) (*Lemmus lemmus*) - **Superpower**: Aposematic (warning) coloration and behavior - **Musical Match**: Sam Sparro (2000s Pop & R&B Anthem) - [Ocellaris Clownfish](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/ocellaris-clownfish/) (*Amphiprion ocellaris*) - **Superpower**: Shelters among a stinging anemone's tentacles, and a male can change sex to become the breeding female - **Musical Match**: Mogwai (Post-Rock & Cinematic Orchestral) - [Ocelot](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/ocelot/) (*Leopardus pardalis*) - **Superpower**: Eyes with a layer that reflects light, so an ocelot can walk around at night as easily as a person walks around by day. - **Musical Match**: Chicha Libre (Latin Psychedelic Cumbia & Flamenco) - [Osprey](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/osprey/) (*Pandion haliaetus*) - **Superpower**: A reversible outer toe and spiny footpads for gripping slippery fish - **Musical Match**: Slint (Post-Rock & Cinematic Orchestral) - [Pacific Giant Salamander](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/pacific-giant-salamander/) (*Dicamptodon tenebrosus*) - **Superpower**: An audible warning bark and a noxious tail secretion, backed up by a head-butt and a vicious bite. - **Musical Match**: Nirvana (90s Grunge & Heavy Alt-Rock) - [Pallas's Cat (Manul)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/pallas-cat/) (*Otocolobus manul*) - **Superpower**: A flat head with short ears set low on the sides, letting it peer over boulders while stalking prey without being seen. - **Musical Match**: Mortiis (Dungeon Synth & Dark Fantasy) - [Panther Chameleon](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/panther-chameleon/) (*Furcifer pardalis*) - **Superpower**: 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 - **Musical Match**: Rihanna (2000s Pop & R&B Anthem) - Previous Page: https://animaltracks.wiki/status/least-concern/page/7/ - Next Page: https://animaltracks.wiki/status/least-concern/page/9/ Conservation categories are from the [IUCN Red List of Threatened Species](https://www.iucnredlist.org/). 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