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Crepuscular animal, the Glossary

In zoology, a crepuscular animal is one that is active primarily during the twilight period, being matutinal, vespertine/vespertinal, or both.^[1]

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Adaptation

In biology, adaptation has three related meanings.

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Amazon river dolphin

The Amazon river dolphin (Inia geoffrensis), also known as the boto, bufeo or pink river dolphin, is a species of toothed whale endemic to South America and is classified in the family Iniidae.

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The American woodcock (Scolopax minor), sometimes colloquially referred to as the timberdoodle, mudbat, bogsucker, night partridge, or Labrador twister is a small shorebird species found primarily in the eastern half of North America.

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Animal

Animals are multicellular, eukaryotic organisms in the biological kingdom Animalia.

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Animal migration

Animal migration is the relatively long-distance movement of individual animals, usually on a seasonal basis. Crepuscular animal and animal migration are Ethology.

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Anti-predator adaptation

Anti-predator adaptations are mechanisms developed through evolution that assist prey organisms in their constant struggle against predators. Crepuscular animal and Anti-predator adaptation are Ethology.

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Asian black bear

The Asian black bear (Ursus thibetanus), also known as the Indian black bear, Asiatic black bear, moon bear and white-chested bear, is a medium-sized bear species native to Asia that is largely adapted to an arboreal lifestyle.

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Barn owl

The barn owl (Tyto alba) is the most widely distributed species of owl in the world and one of the most widespread of all species of birds, living almost everywhere except for polar and desert regions, Asia north of the Himalayas, some Indonesian islands and some Pacific Islands.

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Bat

Bats are flying mammals of the order Chiroptera.

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Bear

Bears are carnivoran mammals of the family Ursidae.

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Beetle

Beetles are insects that form the order Coleoptera, in the superorder Holometabola.

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Bobcat

The bobcat (Lynx rufus), also known as the red lynx, is one of the four extant species within the medium-sized wild cat genus Lynx.

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Capybara

The capybara or greater capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) is a giant cavy rodent native to South America.

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Cat

The cat (Felis catus), commonly referred to as the domestic cat or house cat, is a small domesticated carnivorous mammal.

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Cathemerality

Cathemerality, sometimes called "metaturnality", is an organismal activity pattern of irregular intervals during the day or night in which food is acquired, socializing with other organisms occurs, and any other activities necessary for livelihood are undertaken. Crepuscular animal and Cathemerality are Ethology.

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Chimney swift

The chimney swift (Chaetura pelagica) is a bird belonging to the swift family Apodidae.

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Chinchilla

Chinchillas are either of two species (Chinchilla chinchilla and Chinchilla lanigera) of crepuscular rodents of the parvorder Caviomorpha, and are native to the Andes mountains in South America.

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Common buzzard

The common buzzard (Buteo buteo) is a medium-to-large bird of prey which has a large range.

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Common nighthawk

The common nighthawk or bullbat (Chordeiles minor) is a medium-sized crepuscular or nocturnal bird of the Americas within the nightjar (Caprimulgidae) family, whose presence and identity are best revealed by its vocalization.

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Coprophanaeus ensifer

Coprophanaeus ensifer is a large South American species of beetle belonging to the family Scarabaeidae.

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Crypsis

In ecology, crypsis is the ability of an animal or a plant to avoid observation or detection by other animals. Crepuscular animal and crypsis are Ethology.

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Darkness

Darkness is defined as a lack of illumination, an absence of visible light, or a surface that absorbs light.

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Daylight

Daylight is the combination of all direct and indirect sunlight during the daytime.

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Deer

A deer (deer) or true deer is a hoofed ruminant ungulate of the family Cervidae (informally the deer family).

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Diurnality

Diurnality is a form of plant and animal behavior characterized by activity during daytime, with a period of sleeping or other inactivity at night. Crepuscular animal and Diurnality are Ethology.

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Ethology

Ethology is a branch of zoology that studies the behaviour of non-human animals.

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European nightjar

The European nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus), common goatsucker, Eurasian nightjar or just nightjar, is a crepuscular and nocturnal bird in the nightjar family that breeds across most of Europe and the Palearctic to Mongolia and Northwestern China.

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Ferret

The ferret (Mustela furo) is a small, domesticated species belonging to the family Mustelidae.

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Fly

Flies are insects of the order Diptera, the name being derived from the Greek δι- di- "two", and πτερόν pteron "wing".

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Foraging

Foraging is searching for wild food resources.

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Fox

Foxes are small-to-medium-sized omnivorous mammals belonging to several genera of the family Canidae.

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Free-ranging dog

A free-ranging dog is a dog that is not confined to a yard or house.

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Frog

A frog is any member of a diverse and largely carnivorous group of short-bodied, tailless amphibians composing the order Anura (coming from the Ancient Greek ἀνούρα, literally 'without tail').

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Galapagos hawk

The Galápagos hawk (Buteo galapagoensis) is a large hawk endemic to most of the Galápagos Islands.

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Galápagos Islands

The Galápagos Islands (Islas Galápagos) are an archipelago of volcanic islands in the Eastern Pacific, located around the Equator west of the mainland of South America.

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Hamster

Hamsters are rodents (order Rodentia) belonging to the subfamily Cricetinae, which contains 19 species classified in seven genera.

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Hardness

In materials science, hardness (antonym: softness) is a measure of the resistance to plastic deformation, such as an indentation (over an area) or a scratch (linear), induced mechanically either by pressing or abrasion.

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Human behavior

Human behavior is the potential and expressed capacity (mentally, physically, and socially) of human individuals or groups to respond to internal and external stimuli throughout their life.

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Insect

Insects (from Latin insectum) are hexapod invertebrates of the class Insecta.

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Jaguar

The jaguar (Panthera onca) is a large cat species and the only living member of the genus Panthera native to the Americas.

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Latin

Latin (lingua Latina,, or Latinum) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.

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Light pollution

Light pollution is the presence of any unwanted, inappropriate, or excessive artificial lighting.

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Lizard

Lizard is the common name used for all squamate reptiles other than snakes (and to a lesser extent amphisbaenians), encompassing over 7,000 species, ranging across all continents except Antarctica, as well as most oceanic island chains.

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Lunar phase

A lunar phase or Moon phase is the apparent shape of the Moon's directly sunlit portion as viewed from the Earth (because the Moon is tidally locked with the Earth, the same hemisphere is always facing the Earth).

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Mammal

A mammal is a vertebrate animal of the class Mammalia.

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Matutinal

Matutinal, matinal (in entomological writings), and matutine are terms used in the life sciences to indicate something of, relating to, or occurring in the early morning. Crepuscular animal and Matutinal are Ethology.

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Moonlight

Moonlight consists of mostly sunlight (with little earthlight) reflected from the parts of the Moon's surface where the Sun's light strikes.

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Moose

The moose ('moose'; used in North America) or elk ('elk' or 'elks'; used in Eurasia) (Alces alces) is the world's tallest, largest and heaviest extant species of deer and the only species in the genus Alces.

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Mortality rate

Mortality rate, or death rate, is a measure of the number of deaths (in general, or due to a specific cause) in a particular population, scaled to the size of that population, per unit of time.

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Moth

Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies.

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Mouse

A mouse (mice) is a small rodent.

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Mule deer

The mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) is a deer indigenous to western North America; it is named for its ears, which are large like those of the mule.

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National Museum of Natural History

The National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) is a natural history museum administered by the Smithsonian Institution, located on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., United States.

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Nocturnality

Nocturnality is a behavior in some non-human animals characterized by being active during the night and sleeping during the day. Crepuscular animal and Nocturnality are Ethology.

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Ocelot

The ocelot (Leopardus pardalis) is a medium-sized spotted wild cat that reaches at the shoulders and weighs between on average.

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Overcast

Overcast or overcast weather, as defined by the World Meteorological Organization, is the meteorological condition of clouds obscuring at least 95% of the sky.

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Owlet-nightjar

Owlet-nightjars are small crepuscular birds related to the nightjars and frogmouths.

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Phalangeriformes

Phalangeriformes is a paraphyletic suborder of about 70 species of small to medium-sized arboreal marsupials native to Australia, New Guinea, and Sulawesi.

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Predation

Predation is a biological interaction where one organism, the predator, kills and eats another organism, its prey.

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Quoll

Quolls (genus Dasyurus) are carnivorous marsupials native to Australia and New Guinea.

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Rabbit

Rabbits are small mammals in the family Leporidae (which also includes the hares), which is in the order Lagomorpha (which also includes pikas).

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Rat

Rats are various medium-sized, long-tailed rodents.

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Red panda

The red panda (Ailurus fulgens), also known as the lesser panda, is a small mammal native to the eastern Himalayas and southwestern China.

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Reproduction

Reproduction (or procreation or breeding) is the biological process by which new individual organisms – "offspring" – are produced from their "parent" or parents.

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Santa Cruz Island (Galápagos)

Santa Cruz Island (Isla Santa Cruz), also known as Indefatigable Island and by other names, is the most populous and second-largest island in the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador.

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Serval

The serval (Leptailurus serval) is a wild cat native to Africa.

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Short-eared owl

The short-eared owl (Asio flammeus) is a widespread grassland species in the family Strigidae.

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Sitatunga

The sitatunga (Tragelaphus spekii) or marshbuck is a swamp-dwelling medium-sized antelope found throughout central Africa, centering on the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Republic of the Congo, Cameroon, parts of Southern Sudan, Equatorial Guinea, Burundi, Ghana, Botswana, Rwanda, Zambia, Gabon, the Central African Republic, Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya.

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Skunk

Skunks are mammals in the family Mephitidae.

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Sleep

Sleep is a state of reduced mental and physical activity in which consciousness is altered and certain sensory activity is inhibited.

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Smithsonian Institution

The Smithsonian Institution, or simply the Smithsonian, is a group of museums, education and research centers, the largest such complex in the world, created by the U.S. government "for the increase and diffusion of knowledge." Founded on August 10, 1846, it operates as a trust instrumentality and is not formally a part of any of the three branches of the federal government.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crepuscular_animal

Also known as Crepuscular.

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