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title: "#Infrared Vision Animals & Superpower Traits (5 Species) | AnimalTracks.wiki"
description: "Facial pit organs equipped with thermal receptors that detect minute infrared heat signatures from warm-blooded prey. Explore all 5 species with this trait in the AnimalTracks wildlife encyclopedia."
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# #Infrared Vision Animals & Evolutionary Adaptations

> Facial pit organs equipped with thermal receptors that detect minute infrared heat signatures from warm-blooded prey.

- **Trait Category**: Sensory & Stealth
- **Species Count**: 5 Curated Creatures
- **Browse Web**: [View interactive trait gallery](https://animaltracks.wiki/tags/infrared-vision/)

## Species With #Infrared Vision

- [Ball Python](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/ball-python/) (*Python regius*)
  - **Superpower**: Can detect heat given off by other animals, and survived 168 days without food in a lab study
  - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Near Threatened
  - **Soundtrack**: Massive Attack (Trip-Hop & Velvet Downtempo)
- [Common Vampire Bat](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/vampire-bat/) (*Desmodus rotundus*)
  - **Superpower**: Anticoagulant saliva, infrared-sensing pits on its face, and a bounding run on land powered by its wings
  - **Danger**: Medium | **Conservation**: Least Concern
  - **Soundtrack**: Chromatics (80s Retrowave & Synthwave)
- [Cottonmouth](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/cottonmouth/) (*Agkistrodon piscivorus*)
  - **Superpower**: A heat-sensing pit on each side of the face and a wide-open white mouth shown to predators
  - **Danger**: Deadly | **Conservation**: Least Concern
  - **Soundtrack**: KC & The Sunshine Band (Classic Funk, Soul & Disco)
- [Timber Rattlesnake](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/timber-rattlesnake/) (*Crotalus horridus*)
  - **Superpower**: Heat-sensing pits between nostril and eye that detect very slight changes in temperature
  - **Danger**: Deadly | **Conservation**: Least Concern
  - **Soundtrack**: Buena Vista Social Club (Cuban Son & Trova)
- [Western Diamondback Rattlesnake](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/western-diamondback-rattlesnake/) (*Crotalus atrox*)
  - **Superpower**: A heat-sensing pit on each side of its head
  - **Danger**: Deadly | **Conservation**: Least Concern
  - **Soundtrack**: Metallica (Thrash Metal & Speed Metal)

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