--- title: "Woodland Animals (Page 2 of 3) | AnimalTracks.wiki" description: "Adapted to temperate deciduous and mixed forests with seasonal temperature swings and changing leaf cover." image: "https://animaltracks.wiki/icon-512.png" canonical: "https://animaltracks.wiki/tags/woodland/page/2/" --- # Woodland Animals (Page 2 of 3) > Adapted to temperate deciduous and mixed forests with seasonal temperature swings and changing leaf cover. **52 species in this collection.** - [European Robin](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/european-robin/) (*Erithacus rubecula*) - **Superpower**: A light-sensitive retinal protein called cryptochrome 4 that may let the robin sense Earth's magnetic field through quantum chemistry, a mechanism researchers are still working to confirm. - **Musical Match**: Vashti Bunyan (Pastoral Folk & Progressive Bluegrass) - [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. - **Musical Match**: Lake Malice (Electronic Metalcore & Nu-Metal) - [Fossa](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/fossa/) (*Cryptoprocta ferox*) - **Superpower**: A tail about half its total length that helps it balance and jump from branch to branch, plus retractable claws and flexible ankle joints that help it climb down a tree headfirst. - **Musical Match**: Squarepusher (Drum & Bass / Spatial Jungle) - [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. - **Musical Match**: Ebo Taylor (Afrobeat) - [Gray Wolf](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/gray-wolf/) (*Canis lupus*) - **Superpower**: A sprint of up to 38 miles per hour (61 km/h) paired with a howl that can carry up to ten miles across Arctic tundra to rally the pack. - **Musical Match**: Myrkur (Nordic & Steppe Folk Metal) - [Great Horned Owl](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/great-horned-owl/) (*Bubo virginianus*) - **Superpower**: Talons that take a force of 13 kg to open, strong enough to sever the spinal column of prey larger than itself. - **Musical Match**: Julee Cruise (Dream Pop & Shoegaze) - [Groundhog](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/groundhog/) (*Marmota monax*) - **Superpower**: Digs tunnel networks up to 30 feet long, with separate chambers for hibernation - **Musical Match**: Ennio Morricone (Desert Americana & Cinematic Rock) - [Impala](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/impala/) (*Aepyceros melampus*) - **Superpower**: Leaps that can span over 9 metres, often over bushes and even other impala. - **Musical Match**: Roni Size & Reprazent (Drum & Bass / Precision Jungle) - [Koala](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/koala/) (*Phascolarctos cinereus*) - **Superpower**: A huge caecum, and gut bacteria that break down the eucalyptus toxins most herbivores can't tolerate. - **Musical Match**: Ocean Alley (Psychedelic Rock & Neo-Psych) - [Laughing Kookaburra](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/laughing-kookaburra/) (*Dacelo novaeguineae*) - **Superpower**: A heavy, boat-shaped bill that grabs a snake behind the head and smashes it against a branch or the ground to kill it. - **Musical Match**: Courtney Barnett (Indie Rock & Jangle Pop) - [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) - [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) - [Pine Marten](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/pine-marten/) (*Martes martes*) - **Superpower**: Sharp, semi-retractable claws and ankles that rotate through 180 degrees, letting it climb up and down trees. - **Musical Match**: Frightened Rabbit (Indie Rock & Jangle Pop) - [Red Deer](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/red-deer/) (*Cervus elaphus*) - **Superpower**: Stags that roar through the autumn rut, then regrow a full set of antlers each year - **Musical Match**: Jussi Björling & Robert Merrill (Opera & Romantic Vocal Drama) - [Red Fox](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/red-fox/) (*Vulpes vulpes*) - **Superpower**: When a red fox hunts under snow or in tall grass, its successful pounces are tightly clustered to the north, while leaps in other directions mostly miss. - **Musical Match**: The Ting Tings (Dance-Punk & Electroclash) - [Red Kite](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/red-kite/) (*Milvus milvus*) - **Superpower**: A deeply forked tail it keeps angling to steer while soaring, barely moving its wings. - **Musical Match**: Super Furry Animals (Psychedelic Rock & Neo-Psych) - [Red Squirrel](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/red-squirrel/) (*Sciurus vulgaris*) - **Superpower**: Double-jointed ankles for moving up and down trees with ease, plus a jump of more than two metres. - **Musical Match**: Donovan (Pastoral Folk & Progressive Bluegrass) - [Ruby-throated Hummingbird](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/ruby-throated-hummingbird/) (*Archilochus colubris*) - **Superpower**: Wingbeats over 50 times a second, and often a body-doubling, non-stop Gulf of Mexico crossing - **Musical Match**: Taylor Swift (2010s Pop & Electropop) - [Satin Bowerbird](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/satin-bowerbird/) (*Ptilonorhynchus violaceus*) - **Superpower**: Builds a twin-walled stick avenue bower and decorates it with blue objects to attract females. - **Musical Match**: Kate Bush (Art Pop & Baroque Pop) - [Stag Beetle](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/stag-beetle/) (*Lucanus cervus*) - **Superpower**: Antler-like mandibles used to pry rival males loose and even throw them. - **Musical Match**: Architects (Modern Metalcore & Djent) - [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) - [Superb Lyrebird](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/superb-lyrebird/) (*Menura novaehollandiae*) - **Superpower**: A song built roughly 80% from mimicry, including an acoustic illusion of a mixed-species alarm flock convincing enough that real birds treat it as genuine. - **Musical Match**: Aphex Twin (IDM & Glitch Ambient Synthesis) - Previous Page: https://animaltracks.wiki/tags/woodland/ - Next Page: https://animaltracks.wiki/tags/woodland/page/3/