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Cathemerality,
sometimes called "metaturnality", is an
organismal activity pattern of
irregular intervals during the day or
night in
which food is acquired...
- skunks,
tigers and hyenas, are
often erroneously referred to as nocturnal.
Cathemeral species, such as
fossas and lions, are
active both in the day and at night...
- is
largely solitary. Its
activity pattern varies from
diurnality and
cathemerality to
crepuscularity and
nocturnality between protected and non-protected...
- "earless".
Night monkeys are the only
truly nocturnal monkeys,
although some
cathemeral po****tions of Azara's
night monkey have
irregular bursts of activity...
- ceratopsians, sauropodomorphs, hadrosaurids,
ornithomimosaurs may have been
cathemeral,
active during short intervals throughout the day,
although the small...
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nocturnal and
animals active at
sporadic times during both
night and day are
cathemeral.
Plants that open
their flowers during the
daytime are
described as diurnal...
- hibernation),
small group sizes, low
encephalization (relative
brain size),
cathemerality (activity both day and night), and
strict breeding seasons. Extreme...
- raccoons, however, most
coatis are diurnal,
although some may
exhibit cathemeral behavior. They
prefer to
sleep or rest in
elevated places and niches,...
- The
fossa is
active during both the day and the
night and is
considered cathemeral;
activity peaks may
occur early in the morning, late in the afternoon...
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American necrophagous beetle, is most
active during at dusk and dawn.
Cathemeral Crypsis Diurnality Nocturnality "Glossary".
North American Mammals. Smithsonian...
