Home›Mammals›Activity Pattern›NocturnalBrowse ByNocturnalFactsNocturnalSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonReproductive ModeWell-attestedViviparous (Live-Bearing) 1NocturnalFilter Results272 entriesCommon GroupAllBats (Chiroptera) (21)Bears (6)Carnivorans (93)Cats (42)Cetaceans (Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises) (29)Dogs And Wild Canids (10)Elephants And Relatives (6)Even-Toed Ungulates (Artiodactyla) (26)Insectivores And Shrews (Eulipotyphla) (4)Marsupials (25)Mustelids, Procyonids And Other Carnivorans (35)Odd-Toed Ungulates (Perissodactyla) (7)Other Mammals (13)Pinnipeds (Seals, Sea Lions and the Walrus) (7)Primate Species (3)Rodents And Lagomorphs (32)Xenarthrans (Sloths, Anteaters and Armadillos) (6)Everyday GroupAllBats (Chiroptera) (21)Bears (6)Cats (42)Cetaceans (Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises) (29)Dogs And Wild Canids (10)Elephants And Relatives (6)Even-Toed Ungulates (Artiodactyla) (26)Insectivores And Shrews (Eulipotyphla) (4)Marsupials (25)Mustelids, Procyonids And Other Carnivorans (35)Odd-Toed Ungulates (Perissodactyla) (7)Other Mammals (13)Pinnipeds (Seals, Sea Lions and the Walrus) (7)Primate Species (3)Rodents And Lagomorphs (32)Xenarthrans (Sloths, Anteaters and Armadillos) (6)HabitatAllAlpine (5)Bathyal Zone (1)Bog (3)Boreal Forest (16)Chaparral (13)Cloud Forest (3)Coral Reef (2)Desert (45)Estuary (3)Freshwater (6)Freshwater Marsh (2)Freshwater Swamp Forest (2)Grassland (46)Lake (3)Mangrove Forest (6)Marine (14)Montane Grasslands and Shrublands (1)Neritic Zone (3)Open Ocean (13)Riparian Zone (5)River (16)Savanna (20)Sea Ice (3)Seagrass Meadow (1)Steppe (7)Temperate Coniferous Forest (2)Temperate Forest (19)Temperate Rainforest (3)Tropical and Subtropical Coniferous Forest (1)Tropical Dry Forest (5)Tropical Rainforest (42)Tundra (9)Wetlands (11)Xeric Shrubland (8)Where It LivesAllAfrica (64)Albania (6)Angola (2)Antarctica (4)Antigua and Barbuda (5)Argentina (26)Armenia (2)Asia (6)Australia (46)Austria (9)Azerbaijan (3)Bahamas (7)Bahrain (2)Barbados (3)Belarus (4)Belgium (42)Belize (11)Bolivia (22)Bosnia and Herzegovina (5)Botswana (22)Brazil (46)Bulgaria (6)Cabo Verde (2)Canada (16)Chile (15)China (6)Colombia (49)Comoros (12)Costa Rica (16)Croatia (5)Cuba (7)Cyprus (14)Czechia (7)Denmark (35)Dominica (3)Dominican Republic (9)Ecuador (42)El Salvador (8)Eritrea (6)Eswatini (18)Finland (5)France (18)Georgia (3)Germany (10)Greece (12)Grenada (3)Guatemala (9)Guyana (15)Haiti (4)Honduras (12)Hungary (6)Indonesia (3)Ireland (14)Italy (14)Jamaica (4)Japan (6)Kazakhstan (23)Kenya (21)Kyrgyzstan (10)Lesotho (7)Luxembourg (4)Madagascar (14)Mauritius (11)Mexico (56)Mozambique (34)Namibia (27)Netherlands (6)New Zealand (24)Nicaragua (12)North America (63)Norway (48)Panama (14)Paraguay (10)Peru (19)Poland (9)Portugal (14)Romania (3)Russia (29)Serbia (6)Seychelles (15)South Africa (15)South America (45)South Asia (74)Spain (28)Suriname (15)Sweden (23)Switzerland (5)Taiwan (23)Tajikistan (13)Tanzania (14)Trinidad and Tobago (3)Turkmenistan (16)Ukraine (24)United Arab Emirates (3)United Kingdom (8)United States (29)Uruguay (7)Uzbekistan (14)Venezuela (38)Zimbabwe (20)Showing the 100 most common of 141 options.Conservation StatusAllCritically Endangered (21)Data Deficient (3)Endangered (25)Extinct (3)Least Concern (141)Near Threatened (31)Not Evaluated (3)Vulnerable (38)DietAllCarnivore (78)Detritivore or Scavenger (6)Filter Feeder (2)Frugivore (7)Herbivore (82)Insectivore (46)Omnivore (21)Parasitic (1)Piscivore (28)System (Realm)AllFreshwater (19)Marine (37)Marine and Freshwater (3)Terrestrial (214)Terrestrial and Freshwater (4)Living or ExtinctAllNo (2)Yes (270)Population TrendAllDecreasing (2)Stable (1)ThreatsAllAgriculture and Aquaculture (1)Biological Resource Use (14)Climate Change and Severe Weather (5)Invasive and Other Problematic Species, Genes and Diseases (2)Pollution (3)Relationship to PeopleAllAgricultural or Structural Pest (35)Disease Vector (8)Domesticated (8)Ecotourism and Research (3)Farmed or Commercially Raised (2)Hunted or Fished (134)Invasive or Introduced Species (17)Kept as Pets (24)Natural Pest Control (8)No Significant Interaction with Humans (7)Pollinator (3)Used in Traditional Medicine (17)CITES AppendixAllAppendix I (76)Appendix II (63)Appendix III (12)Not Listed (130)NatureServe RankAllG1 Critically Imperiled (2)G2 Imperiled (2)G3 Vulnerable (5)G4 Apparently Secure (18)G5 Secure (48)GNA Not Applicable (2)GNR Unranked (3)EcosystemAllAmazon Rainforest (5)Antarctic Peninsula (1)Arabian Desert (3)Arctic Ocean (3)Arctic Tundra (2)Atlantic Forest (4)Black Forest (2)Borneo Rainforest (4)Canadian Boreal Forest (6)Caspian Sea (2)Cerrado (6)Chernobyl Exclusion Zone (3)Chihuahuan Desert (1)Coral Triangle (1)Danube Delta (3)Doñana (5)Eastern Himalayas (2)Eurasian Steppe (1)Everglades (3)Galapagos (2)Gran Chaco (3)Great Barrier Reef (2)Great Plains (3)Great Victoria Desert (2)Gulf of California (2)Heath (7)Kalahari Desert (4)Karakum Desert (1)Kruger National Park (9)Lake Baikal (4)Lake Victoria (3)Llanos (4)Madagascar Rainforests (1)Mojave Desert (2)Moorland (3)Namib Desert (2)New Guinea Rainforest (2)Okavango Delta (9)Pampas (2)Pantanal (3)Ross Sea (1)Sahara Desert (4)Sahel (1)Scandinavian Taiga (2)Serengeti (9)Siberian Taiga (2)Simpson Desert (3)Sonoran Desert (2)Sumatran Lowland Rainforest (4)Sundarbans (5)Svalbard (2)Thar Desert (2)Valdivian Temperate Rainforest (1)Wadden Sea (1)Western Ghats (6)Yasuní (1)Yellowstone (8)TaxonomyAllArtiodactyla (20)Bovidae (3)Bradypodidae (1)Callorhinus (1)Canidae (1)Canis (6)Caracal (1)Carnivora (2)Castor (1)Catopuma (1)Cervidae (1)Cetacea (1)Chiroptera (5)Cingulata (2)Conepatus (1)Cricetidae (1)Dasyuridae (10)Dasyuromorphia (1)Delphinidae (9)Diatomyidae (1)Diprotodontia (8)Elephas (1)Emballonuridae (3)Erinaceidae (1)Eulipotyphla (3)Eupleridae (1)Felidae (3)Felis (8)Globicephala (2)Heteromyidae (4)Hyaenidae (4)Hydrictis (1)Ictonyx (1)Lagenorhynchus (3)Lagomorpha (2)Leopardus (7)Leporidae (3)Lepus (2)Lontra (3)Lynx (4)Macropodidae (2)Mammalia (2)Manidae (7)Martes (3)Mephitidae (1)Molossidae (2)Monodontidae (2)Monotremata (3)Muridae (2)Mustelidae (9)Mydaus (2)Myrmecophagidae (1)Neofelis (1)Nycticebus (1)Ochotonidae (2)Odobenidae (1)Odontoceti (1)Orcaella (1)Otariidae (2)Panthera (8)Paradoxurus (1)Pardofelis (2)Perissodactyla (6)Phalanger (2)Phocidae (3)Phocoenidae (3)Pholidota (2)Phyllostomidae (5)Physeteridae (1)Pilosa (2)Primates (2)Prionailurus (5)Proboscidea (2)Procyonidae (5)Pseudorca (1)Puma (1)Rattus (2)Rhinocerotidae (1)Rodentia (11)Sirenia (2)Spalacidae (1)Spilogale (2)Stenella (5)Tubulidentata (1)Ursidae (5)Vespertilionidae (4)Viverridae (1)Vulpes (3)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 50Fat-tailed gerbilNocturnalFawn antechinusNocturnalFennec FoxNocturnalFeral CatNocturnalFishing CatNocturnalFlat-headed CatNocturnalFossaNocturnalFraser's dolphinNocturnalGeoffroy's CatNocturnalGeoffroy's Tailless BatNocturnalGerenukNocturnalGiant AnteaterNocturnalGiant PandaNocturnalGiant PangolinNocturnalGray sac-winged batNocturnalGray WolfNocturnalGreat evening batNocturnalGreater BilbyNocturnalGreater blind mole-ratNocturnalGreater Horseshoe BatNocturnalGreater KuduNocturnalHarbour PorpoiseNocturnalHawaiian Monk SealNocturnalHazel DormouseNocturnalHippopotamusNocturnalHispaniolan SolenodonNocturnalHooded SkunkNocturnalHourglass dolphinNocturnalHouse MouseNocturnalIberian LynxNocturnalImpalaNocturnalIndian PangolinNocturnalIndo-Pacific humpback dolphinNocturnalIrrawaddy dolphinNocturnalJaguarNocturnalJavan RhinocerosNocturnalJungle CatNocturnalKangaroo RatNocturnalKinkajouNocturnalKitti's Hog-nosed BatNocturnalKoalaNocturnalKodkodNocturnalKoslov's PikaNocturnalLaotian rock ratNocturnalLeast WeaselNocturnalLeopardNocturnalLeopard CatNocturnalLionNocturnalLittle Brown BatNocturnalLittle free-tailed batNocturnalShowing 101 to 150 of 272, page 3 of 6.← Previous123456Next →Sources1. Wikipedia: Mammaltier 2WikipediaMammal, lead sectionQuote, Mammal, lead sectionAll modern mammals give birth to live young, except the five species of monotremes, which lay eggs.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.