--- title: "#Social Animals & Superpower Traits (25 Species) | AnimalTracks.wiki" description: "Forming close-knit social groups that cooperate in sentry duties, mutual grooming, and group protection. Explore all 25 species with this trait in the AnimalTracks wildlife encyclopedia." image: "https://animaltracks.wiki/icon-512.png" --- # #Social Animals & Evolutionary Adaptations > Forming close-knit social groups that cooperate in sentry duties, mutual grooming, and group protection. - **Trait Category**: Behavior & Tactics - **Species Count**: 25 Curated Creatures - **Browse Web**: [View interactive trait gallery](https://animaltracks.wiki/tags/social/) ## Species With #Social - [Armadillo Girdled Lizard](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/armadillo-girdled-lizard/) (*Ouroborus cataphractus*) - **Superpower**: Ouroboros Armored Ball & Communal Crevices - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Near Threatened - **Soundtrack**: Queens of the Stone Age (Stoner Rock & Desert Groove) - [Black-Tailed Prairie Dog](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/black-tailed-prairie-dog/) (*Cynomys ludovicianus*) - **Superpower**: 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 - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Least Concern - **Soundtrack**: Madness (Ska-Punk & 2-Tone) - [Bonobo](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/bonobo/) (*Pan paniscus*) - **Superpower**: 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. - **Danger**: Medium | **Conservation**: Endangered - **Soundtrack**: The Books (Organic Downtempo & Micro-Sampling) - [California Sea Lion](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/california-sea-lion/) (*Zalophus californianus*) - **Superpower**: One sea lion learned to bob its head in time with a rhythm, even complex music - **Danger**: Medium | **Conservation**: Least Concern - **Soundtrack**: Earth, Wind & Fire (Classic Funk, Soul & Disco) - [Chimpanzee](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/chimpanzee/) (*Pan troglodytes*) - **Superpower**: 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. - **Danger**: High | **Conservation**: Endangered - **Soundtrack**: Einstürzende Neubauten (Industrial Noise & Avant-Garde Experimental) - [Cockatiel](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/cockatiel/) (*Nymphicus hollandicus*) - **Superpower**: Sings along with a human melody, nearly perfectly in unison - **Danger**: Medium | **Conservation**: Least Concern - **Soundtrack**: Peter Bjorn and John (Indie Rock & Jangle Pop) - [Collared Peccary](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/collared-peccary/) (*Dicotyles tajacu*) - **Superpower**: Self-sharpening canine teeth that clack in warning, and a scent gland above the tail that marks territory - **Danger**: Medium | **Conservation**: Least Concern - **Soundtrack**: Meredith Monk (Neo-Classical & Baroque Chamber) - [Giraffe](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/giraffe/) (*Giraffa camelopardalis*) - **Superpower**: 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. - **Danger**: Medium | **Conservation**: Vulnerable - **Soundtrack**: Ebo Taylor (Afrobeat) - [Green Humphead Parrotfish](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/green-humphead-parrotfish/) (*Bolbometopon muricatum*) - **Superpower**: Males headbutt rivals with loud, jarring impacts - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Vulnerable - **Soundtrack**: Royal Blood (Heavy Psych & Garage Rock) - [Grey Parrot](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/grey-parrot/) (*Psittacus erithacus*) - **Superpower**: One bird, Griffin, outperformed 5-year-olds on a cup-logic test - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Endangered - **Soundtrack**: Bobby McFerrin (Jazz-Funk, Soul & Lounge Fusion) - [Helmeted Guineafowl](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/helmeted-guineafowl/) (*Numida meleagris*) - **Superpower**: A very loud alarm call that warns other birds and surrounding fauna - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Least Concern - **Soundtrack**: Jessie Ware (Trip-Hop & Velvet Downtempo) - [Impala](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/impala/) (*Aepyceros melampus*) - **Superpower**: Leaps that can span over 9 metres, often over bushes and even other impala. - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Least Concern - **Soundtrack**: Roni Size & Reprazent (Drum & Bass / Precision Jungle) - [Japanese Macaque](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/japanese-macaque/) (*Macaca fuscata*) - **Superpower**: 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. - **Danger**: Medium | **Conservation**: Least Concern - **Soundtrack**: Slowdive (Dream Pop & Shoegaze) - [Mantled Howler Monkey](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/mantled-howler-monkey/) (*Alouatta palliata*) - **Superpower**: Calls that seem to help keep neighbouring troops apart - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Vulnerable - **Soundtrack**: Amon Amarth (Melodic Death Metal & Gothenburg Sound) - [Muskox](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/muskox/) (*Ovibos moschatus*) - **Superpower**: Four inches of horn and three inches of bone over a bull's brain - **Danger**: High | **Conservation**: Least Concern - **Soundtrack**: Conan (Sludge Metal & Abyssal Doom) - [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 - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Least Concern - **Soundtrack**: Mogwai (Post-Rock & Cinematic Orchestral) - [Pygmy Marmoset](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/pygmy-marmoset/) (*Cebuella pygmaea*) - **Superpower**: 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. - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Vulnerable - **Soundtrack**: blink-182 (Pop-Punk & 2000s Alt-Rock) - [Red-Bellied Piranha](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/red-bellied-piranha/) (*Pygocentrus nattereri*) - **Superpower**: Triangular, razor-sharp interlocking teeth that bite down with great force and shearing ability - **Danger**: Medium | **Conservation**: Least Concern - **Soundtrack**: Battles (Math Rock & Instrumental Virtuoso) - [Ring-Tailed Lemur](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/ring-tailed-lemur/) (*Lemur catta*) - **Superpower**: Scent warfare: males mix wrist (antebrachial) and chest (brachial) gland secretions, then anoint their tails for stink fights against rivals. - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Endangered - **Soundtrack**: Yeah Yeah Yeahs (Dance-Punk & Electroclash) - [Rock Hyrax](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/rock-hyrax/) (*Procavia capensis*) - **Superpower**: Males sing songs whose syllable order differs between regions of Israel, like dialects. - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Least Concern - **Soundtrack**: Fatboy Slim (Big Beat & 90s Acid Techno) - [Springbok](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/springbok/) (*Antidorcas marsupialis*) - **Superpower**: Pronking: stiff-legged vertical leaps up to 3.5 m high. - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Least Concern - **Soundtrack**: Van Halen (80s Pop & Dance Anthem) - [Suffolk Sheep](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/suffolk-sheep/) (*Ovis aries*) - **Superpower**: 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. - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Not Evaluated - **Soundtrack**: The Stone Roses (Britpop & 90s Madchester) - [White-Nosed Coati](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/white-nosed-coati/) (*Nasua narica*) - **Superpower**: A flexible snout that sniffs out beetles, scorpions and grubs from the forest floor. - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Least Concern - **Soundtrack**: Electrelane (Krautrock & Electronic Pioneers) - [Wild Boar](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/wild-boar/) (*Sus scrofa*) - **Superpower**: A long, flattened snout that gives it a heightened sense of smell - **Danger**: Deadly | **Conservation**: Least Concern - **Soundtrack**: Maurice Ravel (Neo-Classical & Baroque Chamber) - [Wild Turkey](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/wild-turkey/) (*Meleagris gallopavo*) - **Superpower**: A gobble that can be heard up to a mile away - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Least Concern - **Soundtrack**: The Meters (Classic Funk, Soul & Disco) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://animaltracks.wiki/tags/social/#collection", "name": "#Social Animals", "description": "Forming close-knit social groups that cooperate in sentry duties, mutual grooming, and group protection. 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