EMBRYOLOGY
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: -Crepuscular organisms are those that are primarily active during the twilight hours: the periods just around dawn and dusk. Astronomical twilight occurs when the sun is between 0° (sunrise/sunset) and 18° below the horizon (Potts 1990).