100 Nocturnal Animals

This is a list of 100 animals that are active primarily during the night. Can you name them based on their taxonomic order/family?

Source: The best source there is, Wikipedia

Some animals require you to be as specific as the species (but scientific names are not required)

Difficulty: Very Hard

This is not a full list of nocturnal animals; a full list would have been thousands of rows long

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Type of Animal	Order/Family	General Activity	Answer
Placental Mammal	Orycteropodidae	Nocturnal	Aardvark
Placental Mammal	Elephantidae	Crepuscular	African elephant
Placental Mammal	Daubentoniidae	Nocturnal	Aye-aye
Placental Mammal	Mustelidae	Nocturnal	Badger
Reptile	Pythonidae	Nocturnal	Ball python
Marsupial Mammal	Peramelidae	Nocturnal	Bandicoot
Placental Mammal	Chiroptera	Mostly Nocturnal	Bat
Placental Mammal	Canidae	Nocturnal	Bat-eared fox
Placental Mammal	Castoridae	Nocturnal	Beaver
Marsupial Mammal	Thylacomyidae	Nocturnal	Bilby
Placental Mammal	Viverridae	Mostly Nocturnal	Binturong
Placental Mammal	Rhinocerotidae	Nocturnal	Black rhinoceros
Placental Mammal	Muridae	Nocturnal	Black rat
Placental Mammal	Felidae	Nocturnal	Black-footed cat
Placental Mammal	Muridae	Nocturnal	Brown rat
Placental Mammal	Muridae	Nocturnal	Bush rat
Placental Mammal	Caviidae	Mostly Nocturnal	Capybara
Placental Mammal	Felidae	Nocturnal	Caracal
Fish	Siluriformes	Mostly Nocturnal	Catfish
Placental Mammal	Felidae	Partially Nocturnal	Cheetah
Placental Mammal	Chinchillidae	Crepuscular	Chinchilla
Placental Mammal	Viverridae	Mostly Nocturnal	Civet
Insect	Blattodea	Nocturnal	Cockroach
Placental Mammal	Felidae	Mostly Nocturnal	Cougar
Placental Mammal	Canidae	Nocturnal	Coyote
Insect	Orthoptera	Nocturnal	Cricket
Placental Mammal	Procyonidae	Nocturnal	Cacomistle
Placental Mammal	Muridae	Nocturnal	Cyprus spiny mouse
Placental Mammal	Canidae	Depends on Location	Dingo
Reptile	Crocodylidae	Nocturnal	Dwarf crocodile
Placental Mammal	Indriidae	Nocturnal	Eastern woolly lemur
Insect	Lampyridae	Nocturnal	Firefly
Placental Mammal	Sciuridae	Nocturnal	Flying squirrel
Placental Mammal	Galagidae	Nocturnal	Galago
Placental Mammal	Muridae	Partially Nocturnal	Gerbil
Placental Mammal	Canidae	Nocturnal	Gray wolf
Invertebrate	Limacidae	Nocturnal	Great gray slug
Fish	Lamnidae	Mostly Nocturnal	Great white shark
Placental Mammal	Cricetidae	Partially Nocturnal	Hamster
Placental Mammal	Erinaceidae	Nocturnal	Hedgehog
Crustacean	Decapoda	Nocturnal	Hermit crab
Placental Mammal	Hippopotamidae	Mostly Nocturnal	Hippopotamus
Placental Mammal	Mustelidae	Nocturnal	Honey badger
Placental Mammal	Hyaenidae	Nocturnal	Hyena
Placental Mammal	Choloepodidae	Nocturnal	Hoffmann's two-toed sloth
Placental Mammal	Dipodidae	Nocturnal	Iranian jerboa
Placental Mammal	Felidae	Mostly Nocturnal	Jaguar
Marsupial Mammal	Macropodidae	Nocturnal	Kangaroo
Marsupial Mammal	Phascolarctidae	Nocturnal	Koala

Type of Animal	Order/Family	General Activity	Answer
Placental Mammal	Procyonidae	Nocturnal	Kinkajou
Placental Mammal	Canidae	Nocturnal	Kit fox
Placental Mammal	Felidae	Depends on Location	Leopard
Reptile	Eublepharidae	Nocturnal	Leopard gecko
Placental Mammal	Felidae	Crepuscular	Lion
Placental Mammal	Felidae	Nocturnal	Margay
Placental Mammal	Mustelidae	Crepuscular	Mink
Placental Mammal	Talpidae	Nocturnal	Mole
Placental Mammal	Muridae	Nocturnal	Mouse
Bird	Muscicapidae	Nocturnal	Nightingale
Bird	Caprimulgidae	Nocturnal	Nightjar
Placental Mammal	Dasypodidae	Nocturnal	Nine-banded armadillo
Placental Mammal	Felidae	Nocturnal	Oncilla
Placental Mammal	Felidae	Mostly Nocturnal	Ocelot
Marsupial Mammal	Didelphidae	Nocturnal	Opossum
Placental Mammal	Delphinidae	Nocturnal	Orca
Placental Mammal	Mustelidae	Nocturnal	Otter
Bird	Strigiformes	Nocturnal	Owl
Placental Mammal	Aotidae	Nocturnal	Owl monkey
Placental Mammal	Pholidota	Nocturnal	Pangolin
Monotreme	Ornithorhynchidae	Nocturnal	Platypus
Amphibian	Hylidae	Nocturnal	Paradoxical Frog
Placental Mammal	Ursidae	Partially Nocturnal	Polar Bear
Placental Mammal	Hystricidae	Nocturnal	Porcupine
Placental Mammal	Felidae	Mostly Nocturnal	Puma
Placental Mammal	Dasyuridae	Nocturnal	Quoll
Placental Mammal	Muridae	Nocturnal	Rabbit rat
Placental Mammal	Procyonidae	Nocturnal	Raccoon
Amphibian	Hylidae	Nocturnal	Red-eyed tree frog
Placental Mammal	Canidae	Nocturnal	Red fox
Placental Mammal	Procyonidae	Nocturnal	Ringtail
Arachnid	Scorpiones	Mostly Nocturnal	Scorpion
Placental Mammal	Mephitidae	Nocturnal	Skunk
Placental Mammal	Lorisidae	Nocturnal	Slender loris
Placental Mammal	Lorisidae	Nocturnal	Slow loris
Placental Mammal	Ursidae	Partially Nocturnal	Spectacled Bear
Placental Mammal	Lepilemuridae	Nocturnal	Sportive lemur
Marsupial Mammal	Petauridae	Nocturnal	Sugar Glider
Placental Mammal	Leporidae	Nocturnal	Tapeti
Arachnid	Theraphosidae	Partially Nocturnal	Tarantula
Placental Mammal	Tarsiidae	Nocturnal	Tarsier
Marsupial Mammal	Dasyuridae	Nocturnal	Tasmanian devil
Placental Mammal	Felidae	Nocturnal	Tiger
Annelid	Euonychophora	Nocturnal	Velvet worm
Placental Mammal	Indriidae	Nocturnal	Western woolly lemur
Bird	Caprimulgidae	Nocturnal	Whip-poor-will
Bird	Oceanitidae	Nocturnal while breeding	White-faced storm petrel
Placental Mammal	Cervidae	Crepuscular	White-tailed deer
Marsupial Mammal	Vombatidae	Mostly Nocturnal	Wombat