--- title: "#Nocturnal Animals & Superpower Traits (71 Species) | AnimalTracks.wiki" description: "Conducting foraging and hunting under darkness to avoid daytime heat and visual predators. Explore all 71 species with this trait in the AnimalTracks wildlife encyclopedia." image: "https://animaltracks.wiki/icon-512.png" --- # #Nocturnal Animals & Evolutionary Adaptations > Conducting foraging and hunting under darkness to avoid daytime heat and visual predators. - **Trait Category**: Behavior & Tactics - **Species Count**: 71 Curated Creatures - **Browse Web**: [View interactive trait gallery](https://animaltracks.wiki/tags/nocturnal/) ## Species With #Nocturnal - [Aardvark](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/aardvark/) (*Orycteropus afer*) - **Superpower**: Spade-like claws that dig with great speed and force - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Least Concern - **Soundtrack**: Mike Oldfield (Psychedelic Rock & Neo-Psych) - [African Crested Porcupine](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/crested-porcupine/) (*Hystrix cristata*) - **Superpower**: 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 - **Danger**: Deadly | **Conservation**: Least Concern - **Soundtrack**: Nova Twins (Modern Metalcore & Electronic Post-Hardcore) - [Amazonian Giant Centipede](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/giant-centipede/) (*Scolopendra gigantea*) - **Superpower**: Venom-bearing fangs modified from the legs on its first body segment. - **Danger**: High | **Conservation**: Not Evaluated - **Soundtrack**: Korn (Nu-Metal & 90s Alt-Metal) - [American Cockroach](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/american-cockroach/) (*Periplaneta americana*) - **Superpower**: Switches from six-legged to four-legged and two-legged running at up to 50 body lengths per second - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Not Evaluated - **Soundtrack**: Hella (Math Rock & Instrumental Virtuoso) - [American Lobster](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/american-lobster/) (*Homarus americanus*) - **Superpower**: Two different claws, a crusher for pulverizing shells and a ripper for tearing soft flesh. - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Least Concern - **Soundtrack**: AC/DC (Classic Hard Rock & Southern Blues) - [American Mink](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/american-mink/) (*Neogale vison*) - **Superpower**: Swims up to 30 meters underwater while hunting, with partially webbed toes and a waterproof coat - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Least Concern - **Soundtrack**: Sade (Jazz-Funk, Soul & Lounge Fusion) - [Aye-Aye](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/aye-aye/) (*Daubentonia madagascariensis*) - **Superpower**: 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. - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Endangered - **Soundtrack**: Gogol Bordello (Gypsy Punk & Dark Cabaret) - [Bare-Nosed Wombat](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/bare-nosed-wombat/) (*Vombatus ursinus*) - **Superpower**: 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. - **Danger**: Medium | **Conservation**: Least Concern - **Soundtrack**: Silverchair (90s Grunge & Heavy Alt-Rock) - [Barn Owl](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/barn-owl/) (*Tyto alba*) - **Superpower**: 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. - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Least Concern - **Soundtrack**: Grouper (Glacial Ambient & Drone Soundscapes) - [Bed Bug](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/bed-bug/) (*Cimex lectularius*) - **Superpower**: Survives for months without a blood meal, and injects an anesthetic and an anticoagulant when it bites - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Not Evaluated - **Soundtrack**: Julee Cruise (Dream Pop & Shoegaze) - [Binturong](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/binturong/) (*Arctictis binturong*) - **Superpower**: Urine containing 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline, the compound likely responsible for its popcorn smell, plus a prehensile tail that works as a fifth limb. - **Danger**: Medium | **Conservation**: Vulnerable - **Soundtrack**: Kupla (Chillhop & Lo-Fi Beats) - [Black Ghost Knifefish](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/black-ghost-knifefish/) (*Apteronotus albifrons*) - **Superpower**: A continuous electric discharge, plus electroreceptors one study estimated in the thousands, for finding prey in the dark - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Least Concern - **Soundtrack**: Bad Omens (Modern Alt-Metal & Post-Hardcore) - [Black-Footed Cat](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/black-footed-cat/) (*Felis nigripes*) - **Superpower**: 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. - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Vulnerable - **Soundtrack**: Kittie (Nu-Metal & Heavy Alt-Metal) - [Brazilian Wandering Spider](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/brazilian-wandering-spider/) (*Phoneutria nigriventer*) - **Superpower**: Venom peptides that jam voltage-gated sodium and calcium channels and the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor - **Danger**: Deadly | **Conservation**: Not Evaluated - **Soundtrack**: Jorge Ben Jor (Classic Funk, Soul & Disco) - [Brown Rat](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/brown-rat/) (*Rattus norvegicus*) - **Superpower**: Feels its way through total darkness with paws and whiskers, backed by a spectacular sense of smell - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Least Concern - **Soundtrack**: Nirvana (90s Grunge & Heavy Alt-Rock) - [Brown Recluse](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/brown-recluse/) (*Loxosceles reclusa*) - **Superpower**: Venom that can kill the tissue around its bite - **Danger**: Extreme | **Conservation**: Not Evaluated - **Soundtrack**: The Cure (Gothic Rock & Post-Punk) - [Cane Toad](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/cane-toad/) (*Rhinella marina*) - **Superpower**: 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. - **Danger**: Medium | **Conservation**: Least Concern - **Soundtrack**: Midnight Oil (Aussie Garage Punk & Pub Rock) - [Carolina Wolf Spider](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/carolina-wolf-spider/) (*Hogna carolinensis*) - **Superpower**: Carries its spiderlings on its back, and those that stay with her learn mazes better - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Not Evaluated - **Soundtrack**: Pixies (90s Grunge & Alt-Rock) - [Chilean Rose Tarantula](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/tarantula/) (*Grammostola rosea*) - **Superpower**: No extensor muscles at two leg joints, where blood pressure may work against the flexors - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Not Evaluated - **Soundtrack**: Duster (Slowcore & Minimal Indie) - [Clouded Leopard](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/clouded-leopard/) (*Neofelis nebulosa*) - **Superpower**: Rotating ankles let it climb down a tree headfirst and hang from its back feet - **Danger**: Medium | **Conservation**: Vulnerable - **Soundtrack**: The Beatles (Psychedelic Rock & Neo-Psych) - [Coconut Crab](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/coconut-crab/) (*Birgus latro*) - **Superpower**: 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. - **Danger**: Medium | **Conservation**: Vulnerable - **Soundtrack**: Fela Kuti (Afrobeat) - [Coelacanth](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/coelacanth/) (*Latimeria chalumnae*) - **Superpower**: Fleshy, lobed fins whose front and back pairs move in a diagonal rhythm, like the legs of a four-legged land animal. - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Critically Endangered - **Soundtrack**: Ahab (Sludge Metal & Abyssal Doom) - [Common Earwig](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/common-earwig/) (*Forficula auricularia*) - **Superpower**: A mother that grooms and guards her eggs like a hen, and hind wings that must be unfolded by the tail forceps - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Not Evaluated - **Soundtrack**: Mary Lattimore (Glacial Ambient & Drone Soundscapes) - [Common Pill Bug](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/common-pill-bug/) (*Armadillidium vulgare*) - **Superpower**: Curls into a ball when squeezed or shaken - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Not Evaluated - **Soundtrack**: Oasis (Britpop & 90s Madchester) - [Common Raccoon](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/raccoon/) (*Procyon lotor*) - **Superpower**: A cat-sized brain with near-primate neuron density, paired with forepaws that have a highly developed sense of touch - **Danger**: Medium | **Conservation**: Least Concern - **Soundtrack**: Gorillaz (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) - [Death's-Head Hawkmoth](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/deaths-head-hawkmoth/) (*Acherontia atropos*) - **Superpower**: Squeaks when alarmed, and can get into sealed honeycombs; its short proboscis ends in a sharp point - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Not Evaluated - **Soundtrack**: Venetian Snares (Breakcore & Chaotic Drill) - [Deathstalker Scorpion](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/deathstalker-scorpion/) (*Leiurus quinquestriatus*) - **Superpower**: A venom peptide, chlorotoxin, that binds brain tumor cells and, built into the dye tozuleristide, made gliomas glow in a trial published in 2019 - **Danger**: Deadly | **Conservation**: Not Evaluated - **Soundtrack**: Gesaffelstein (French Dark Electro & EBM) - [Egyptian Giant Solpugid](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/egyptian-giant-solpugid/) (*Galeodes arabs*) - **Superpower**: Camel spider jaws reach up to one-third of body length - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Not Evaluated - **Soundtrack**: Megadeth (Thrash Metal & Speed Metal) - [Emperor Scorpion](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/emperor-scorpion/) (*Pandinus imperator*) - **Superpower**: Huge, powerful pincers generally used to tear prey apart instead of stinging it, plus a cuticle that fluoresces blue-green under ultraviolet light. - **Danger**: Medium | **Conservation**: Not Evaluated - **Soundtrack**: The Crystal Method (Big Beat & 90s Acid Techno) - [European Badger](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/european-badger/) (*Meles meles*) - **Superpower**: Sharp claws ideal for digging setts, underground homes the badger cleans by dragging old bedding out under its chin. - **Danger**: Medium | **Conservation**: Least Concern - **Soundtrack**: The Fall (Art Punk & Experimental Post-Punk) - [European Hare](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/european-hare/) (*Lepus europaeus*) - **Superpower**: Leverets are born furred and well developed, then spread over a moderately wide area to avoid predation on the whole litter - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Least Concern - **Soundtrack**: Kate Bush (Art Pop & Baroque Pop) - [European Hedgehog](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/european-hedgehog/) (*Erinaceus europaeus*) - **Superpower**: 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. - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Near Threatened - **Soundtrack**: Tiny Moving Parts (Math Rock & Midwest Emo) - [European Hornet](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/european-hornet/) (*Vespa crabro*) - **Superpower**: Makes its own body heat, arriving home with a thorax averaging 30 to 40 °C - **Danger**: Medium | **Conservation**: Not Evaluated - **Soundtrack**: Chromatics (80s Retrowave & Synthwave) - [European Polecat](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/european-polecat/) (*Mustela putorius*) - **Superpower**: 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. - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Least Concern - **Soundtrack**: Green Day (Pop-Punk & 2000s Alt-Rock) - [Fennec Fox](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/fennec-fox/) (*Vulpes zerda*) - **Superpower**: Ears up to 6 inches (15.2 cm) long that dispel desert heat and track down prey under the sand. - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Least Concern - **Soundtrack**: Erykah Badu (Classic Funk, Soul & Disco) - [Fire Salamander](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/fire-salamander/) (*Salamandra salamandra*) - **Superpower**: Glands behind the eyes and down the body that secrete toxic alkaloids, which it can actively spray at an attacker. - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Vulnerable - **Soundtrack**: Lake Malice (Electronic Metalcore & Nu-Metal) - [Garden Snail](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/garden-snail/) (*Cornu aspersum*) - **Superpower**: Seals itself off with a parchment-like membrane in hot, dry weather - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Not Evaluated - **Soundtrack**: Hania Rani (Neo-Classical & Baroque Chamber) - [Geography Cone Snail](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/geography-cone-snail/) (*Conus geographus*) - **Superpower**: 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. - **Danger**: Deadly | **Conservation**: Least Concern - **Soundtrack**: Carpenter Brut (French Dark Electro & EBM) - [Ghost Bat](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/ghost-bat/) (*Macroderma gigas*) - **Superpower**: Highly sensitive low-frequency hearing, and the sharpest estimated vision of six echolocating bats compared in one study - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Vulnerable - **Soundtrack**: Spiritbox (Modern Metalcore & Djent) - [Giant Ground Pangolin](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/giant-ground-pangolin/) (*Smutsia gigantea*) - **Superpower**: 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. - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Endangered - **Soundtrack**: Tinariwen (Saharan Desert Rock & Tuareg Shred) - [Greater Jerboa](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/greater-jerboa/) (*Jaculus orientalis*) - **Superpower**: Bipedal leaping on hind legs about four times the length of its forelimbs; leaps have been measured at up to 3 meters long - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Least Concern - **Soundtrack**: The Interrupters (Ska-Punk & 2-Tone) - [House Centipede](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/house-centipede/) (*Scutigera coleoptrata*) - **Superpower**: Rear legs that cross above and outside the legs in front of them, which prevents entanglement - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Not Evaluated - **Soundtrack**: Tune-Yards (Art Punk & Experimental Post-Punk) - [Kakapo (Owl Parrot)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/kakapo/) (*Strigops habroptilus*) - **Superpower**: Mottled moss-green camouflage, a freeze-in-place defence, and a booming courtship call heard up to 5 kilometres away in ideal conditions. - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Critically Endangered - **Soundtrack**: DJ Lag (Afrobeats & Modern Amapiano) - [Kinkajou](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/kinkajou/) (*Potos flavus*) - **Superpower**: Rotates 180 degrees between its pelvis and head - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Least Concern - **Soundtrack**: Hiatus Kaiyote (Jazz-Funk, Soul & Lounge Fusion) - [Long-Tailed Chinchilla](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/long-tailed-chinchilla/) (*Chinchilla lanigera*) - **Superpower**: Fur with up to 60 hairs growing from one follicle - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Endangered - **Soundtrack**: Lush (Dream Pop & Shoegaze) - [Luna Moth](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/luna-moth/) (*Actias luna*) - **Superpower**: Spinning hindwing tails that gave tailed moths a survival advantage of about 47% over tailless ones against big brown bats - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Not Evaluated - **Soundtrack**: Augustus Pablo (Roots Reggae & Heavy Dub) - [Maned Wolf](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/maned-wolf/) (*Chrysocyon brachyurus*) - **Superpower**: 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. - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Near Threatened - **Soundtrack**: Hole (90s Grunge & Alt-Rock) - [Nine-Banded Armadillo](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/nine-banded-armadillo/) (*Dasypus novemcinctus*) - **Superpower**: One fertilized egg splits into four identical embryos - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Least Concern - **Soundtrack**: Johann Pachelbel (Neo-Classical & Baroque Chamber) - [North Island Brown Kiwi](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/north-island-brown-kiwi/) (*Apteryx mantelli*) - **Superpower**: Nostrils near the tip of a long, curved bill - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Vulnerable - **Soundtrack**: Björk (Art Pop & Baroque Pop) - [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. - **Danger**: Medium | **Conservation**: Least Concern - **Soundtrack**: Chicha Libre (Latin Psychedelic Cumbia & Flamenco) - [Philippine Tarsier](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/philippine-tarsier/) (*Carlito syrichta*) - **Superpower**: 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. - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Near Threatened - **Soundtrack**: Pastel Ghost (Darkwave & Ethereal Witch House) - [Pink Fairy Armadillo](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/pink-fairy-armadillo/) (*Chlamyphorus truncatus*) - **Superpower**: An almost entirely underground mammal in a shell of bony plates and hardened scales, and almost all of that shell is flexible. - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Data Deficient - **Soundtrack**: Pale Waves (Dream Pop & Neon Indie) - [Potto](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/potto/) (*Perodicticus potto*) - **Superpower**: Retia mirabilia that let it hold still for long periods without fatigue, plus a scapular shield it presents to predators - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Near Threatened - **Soundtrack**: Harold Budd (Glacial Ambient & Drone Soundscapes) - [Pygmy Hippopotamus](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/pygmy-hippo/) (*Choeropsis liberiensis*) - **Superpower**: 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. - **Danger**: Medium | **Conservation**: Endangered - **Soundtrack**: Salif Keita (African Rumba & Mande Pop) - [Red-Eyed Tree Frog](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/red-eyed-tree-frog/) (*Agalychnis callidryas*) - **Superpower**: 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. - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Least Concern - **Soundtrack**: Paramore (Pop-Punk & 2000s Alt-Rock) - [Sacred Scarab](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/sacred-scarab/) (*Scarabaeus sacer*) - **Superpower**: Rolled dung balls of 16 to 86 cc in a Turkish study, and holds flight heat in its thorax - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Not Evaluated - **Soundtrack**: Kavinsky (80s Retrowave & Synthwave) - [Satanic Leaf-Tailed Gecko](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/satanic-leaf-tailed-gecko/) (*Uroplatus phantasticus*) - **Superpower**: Camouflage matched to a dead leaf, right down to the apparent decay, missing chunks, and lichen-like patches. - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Least Concern - **Soundtrack**: Bauhaus (Gothic Rock & Post-Punk) - [Silverfish](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/silverfish/) (*Lepisma saccharinum*) - **Superpower**: Keeps molting as an adult and can go up to a year without food - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Not Evaluated - **Soundtrack**: Laurie Anderson (Art Pop & Baroque Pop) - [South American Bushmaster](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/south-american-bushmaster/) (*Lachesis muta*) - **Superpower**: 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. - **Danger**: Deadly | **Conservation**: Least Concern - **Soundtrack**: ROSALÍA (Latin Trap & Heavy 808s) - [Southern Black Widow](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/southern-black-widow/) (*Latrodectus mactans*) - **Superpower**: Venom that acts on the motor endplate to allow a massive release of noradrenaline and acetylcholine, causing excessive stimulation and fatigue of the muscle. - **Danger**: Deadly | **Conservation**: Not Evaluated - **Soundtrack**: Intervals (Math Rock & Instrumental Virtuoso) - [Spitting Spider](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/spitting-spider/) (*Scytodes thoracica*) - **Superpower**: Fires a zigzag spray of silk, glue and venom at up to 28.8 meters a second, then bites once the glue is dry - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Not Evaluated - **Soundtrack**: Igorrr (Breakcore & Chaotic Drill) - [Striped Hyena](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/striped-hyena/) (*Hyaena hyaena*) - **Superpower**: 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. - **Danger**: Medium | **Conservation**: Near Threatened - **Soundtrack**: Boy Harsher (Gothic Rock & Post-Punk) - [Striped Skunk](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/striped-skunk/) (*Mephitis mephitis*) - **Superpower**: A U-shaped stance and paired anal glands that fire a temporarily blinding thiol spray up to about 6 meters - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Least Concern - **Soundtrack**: Reel Big Fish (90s Ska Punk & Irreverent Brass) - [Sugar Glider](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/sugar-glider/) (*Petaurus breviceps*) - **Superpower**: 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. - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Least Concern - **Soundtrack**: 100 gecs (Hyperpop & Kawaii Future Bass) - [Sunda Colugo](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/sunda-colugo/) (*Galeopterus variegatus*) - **Superpower**: A furred gliding membrane (patagium) running from neck to fingers, toes and tail, spreading to about 70 cm in a glide - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Least Concern - **Soundtrack**: Cocteau Twins (Ethereal Wave & Dream Pop) - [Sunda Slow Loris](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/sunda-slow-loris/) (*Nycticebus coucang*) - **Superpower**: Brachial gland chemical weaponization and specialized toothcomb venom delivery - **Danger**: Extreme | **Conservation**: Endangered - **Soundtrack**: Sneaker Pimps (Trip-Hop & Eerie Downtempo) - [Tasmanian Devil](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/tasmanian-devil/) (*Sarcophilus harrisii*) - **Superpower**: Pound for pound, no living mammal predator in a 2005 study had a higher estimated bite force than the Tasmanian devil. - **Danger**: Medium | **Conservation**: Endangered - **Soundtrack**: Amyl and the Sniffers (Aussie Garage Punk & Pub Rock) - [Tawny Owl](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/tawny-owl/) (*Strix aluco*) - **Superpower**: Asymmetrical ear openings that let it locate a sound from the tiny difference in when it reaches each ear. - **Danger**: Medium | **Conservation**: Least Concern - **Soundtrack**: Portishead (Trip-Hop & Velvet Downtempo) - [Tuatara](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/tuatara/) (*Sphenodon punctatus*) - **Superpower**: A light-sensitive third eye with a retina and lens, and the lowest optimal body temperature of any reptile, 16 to 21 degrees Celsius. - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Least Concern - **Soundtrack**: God Is An Astronaut (Post-Rock & Cinematic Space) - [Virginia Opossum](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/virginia-opossum/) (*Didelphis virginiana*) - **Superpower**: Involuntary catatonic collapse paired with near-total resistance to pit viper venom. - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Least Concern - **Soundtrack**: Babes in Toyland (90s Riot Grrrl & Grunge) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://animaltracks.wiki/tags/nocturnal/#collection", "name": "#Nocturnal Animals", "description": "Conducting foraging and hunting under darkness to avoid daytime heat and visual predators. 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