PHYSIOLOGY
CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
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Question
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animals active during the night
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animals active during the day
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animals active at dawn/twilight
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animals active during day and night
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Detailed explanation-1: -Other crepuscular mammals include jaguars, ocelots, bobcats, servals, strepsirrhines, red pandas, bears, deer, moose, sitatunga, capybaras, chinchillas, the common mouse, skunks, squirrels, foxes, wombats, wallabies, quolls, possums and marsupial gliders, tenrecs, and spotted hyenas.
Detailed explanation-2: -Crepuscular animals include mule deer, coyotes, porcupines, desert cottontails, black-tailed jackrabbits, and many songbirds. A few desert animals are diurnal, or active during the day. These include rock squirrels, antelope squirrels, chipmunks, lizards, snakes, and hawks.
Detailed explanation-3: -Beings that are active during these twilight hours are called crepuscular! Crepuscular animals are active at dawn and dusk, just as most of us human animals are pressing snooze on our alarm clocks or winding down for the night.