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[edit] Moving And List

I moved this page from Nocturnal to Nocturnal animal. Page titles are normally nouns, and the page was only about nocturnal animals. While Nocturnal is a redirect at the moment, it could be used for other (disambig) purposes in the future. I have not updated links that point to Nocturnal. — David Remahl 14:40, 3 Sep 2004 (UTC)

The list here seems a bit vague. A lot of those animals are diurnal as well. Perhaps a paragraph with examples would be better than a incomplete (we don't need a complete list unless we want half the animal kingdom) list? Sabine's Sunbird 23:43, 19 May 2005 (UTC)

The crepuscular article says that many animals that we think are nocturnal actually aren't, in the strictest sense, and so I wonder how many of the animals listed are, in fact, nocturnal, and not just crepuscular... 24.70.68.199 22:33, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

I've removed the list of examples, as it is misleading and unverified.--YGagarin 16:56, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

ive restored examples with a qualifying intro. as some of us have time we can sift through and determine whether a few of these really should be deleted. this seems like an extreme over-reaction to delete so much constructive work of others on the suspicion that one or two of these animals may have a technically more apt term "crepuscular". regards Covalent 22:54, 7 June 2006 (UTC)
The list is so awful that mass deletion is probably best. It makes no distinction between species and families (owl, Wipporwill, nightjar, etc etc) It is either flat out wrong (African Wild Dogs, herons) so vague as to be worthless (ike families that have some nocturnal species, like deer, rats, nightkjars); includes many species that are active both in the day and night (koala, beaver, leopard, rhino, weasel, rat) or includes species that are usually active during the day but attend breeding colonies or sites nocturnally (Green Turtles), or the afformentioned cresepular species (red foxes). Of the species on the list that are actually honest to god nocturnal, I think the following are safe. Aye-aye, any species of bandicoot, bushbaby, Night monkey, fennec, flying squirrel, kiwi, loris, sugar glider, and probably most tree frogs. But quite frankly a better article with these examples used to illustrate points is much better than a long, boring and inevidably incomplete list. Sabine's Sunbird talk 04:37, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Definition of night

It would be nice to know exactly how one defines day and night or darkness and light. There are currently some diurnal birds outside my window singing 'at the dead of night', in pitch darkness. During a summer's night, however, the sky would just be beginning to lighten and I wouldn't be surprised to hear the dawn chorus. Do nocturnal/diurnal timings vary with the seasons or are they based on a 24-hour clock? 163.1.143.122 04:07, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Move

Nocturnality anyone? The move from an adjective to noun is a good idea, but I prefer this one to 'nocturnal animal'. Richard001 04:09, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

Moved it - please discuss here if anyone disagrees. Richard001 08:31, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Image

Image:Big-eared a-townsend-fledermaus.jpg
A bat illustrating nocturnal features.

Removed image, as it isn't working.

--Hordaland (talk) 02:44, 1 June 2008 (UTC)