--- title: "Nocturnal Animals (Page 3 of 3) | AnimalTracks.wiki" description: "Conducting foraging and hunting under darkness to avoid daytime heat and visual predators." image: "https://animaltracks.wiki/icon-512.png" canonical: "https://animaltracks.wiki/tags/nocturnal/page/3/" --- # Nocturnal Animals (Page 3 of 3) > Conducting foraging and hunting under darkness to avoid daytime heat and visual predators. **71 species in this collection.** - [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 Island Brown Kiwi](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/north-island-brown-kiwi/) (*Apteryx mantelli*) - **Superpower**: Nostrils near the tip of a long, curved bill - **Musical Match**: Björk (Art Pop & Baroque Pop) - [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) - [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. - **Musical Match**: 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. - **Musical Match**: 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 - **Musical Match**: 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. - **Musical Match**: 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. - **Musical Match**: 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 - **Musical Match**: 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. - **Musical Match**: 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 - **Musical Match**: 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. - **Musical Match**: 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. - **Musical Match**: 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 - **Musical Match**: 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. - **Musical Match**: 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 - **Musical Match**: 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. - **Musical Match**: 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 - **Musical Match**: 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 - **Musical Match**: 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. - **Musical Match**: 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. - **Musical Match**: 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. - **Musical Match**: 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. - **Musical Match**: Babes in Toyland (90s Riot Grrrl & Grunge) - Previous Page: https://animaltracks.wiki/tags/nocturnal/page/2/ - Next Page: None