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Animals in fiction tend to be shown being active at the wrong time of day or night. These terms describe when an animal is most active.
 
* [http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/:Nocturnality |Nocturnal]] - active primarily at night.
* [http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/:Diurnality |Diurnal]] - active primarily during the day.
* [http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/:Crepuscular |Crepuscular]] - active primarily during both dawn and dusk. Many animals that are casually referred to as nocturnal are actually crepuscular. Though not generally active in the middle of the night, they are similarly absent in broad daylight.
** [http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/:Matutinal |Matutinal]] - active primarily during the dawn and/or early morning.
** [http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/Vespertine_:Vespertine (biology) |Vespertine]] - active primarily during the dusk and/or evening. Vespertine animals are usually referred to as nocturnal.
* [http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/:Metaturnal |Metaturnal]] - active part of the day and part of the night.
* [http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/:Cathemeral |Cathemeral]] - can be active at any time of the day or night; basically diurnal, nocturnal, and crepuscular combined.
 
Authors tend to ignore these restrictions. Happens particularly often to [[Owl Be Damned|owls]]. It's worth noting that not all bats nor all owls are nocturnal.
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Compare [[Misplaced Wildlife]]. Often a case of [[Did Not Do the Research]].
 
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== [[Fan Fiction]] ==
* Averted in [[Sonic the Hedgehog (Franchise)|Sonic the Hedgehog]] fanfic [[Mad As a Gascar (Darth Wiki)|Mad As a Gascar]] where Rouge's parents are nocturnal but she is not, as mentioned below.
 
== [[Film]] ==
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== [[Literature]] ==
* ''[[Harry Potter]]'' author J.K. Rowling has noted that snowy owls are actually one of the rare ''diurnal'' species, a fact she didn't realize when she started writing about how Hedwig would go out flying every night after a long day's rest. She suggests [[A Wizard Did It|being a magical animal]] may have something to do with it in-universe, however.
** In the first chapter of ''[[Harry Potter and Thethe Philosopher's Stone (novel)|Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]]'' the Muggle news contains an item about how strange it is that so many owls are being seen in daylight, as a result of the Wizard celebration of Voldemort's first downfall.
* ''[[Warrior Cats (Literature)|Warrior Cats]]'' by Erin Hunter. Cats active mainly in the daylight?! [[Word of God]] states that it is to prevent most of scenes happening in dark. But isn't that cats can not see well in the day, but can see clearly in the night?
 
 
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* Owl from ''[[Winnie the Pooh]]''.
* Disney's ''[[Robin Hood]]'' has a fox playing Robin Hood and Maid Marian. They stay awake during the day, despite foxes being crepuscular. And on the occasions where they come into human contact, foxes tend to become... nocturnal.
* ''[[The Fox and Thethe Hound (Disneyfilm)|The Fox and The Hound]]'' has the owl mentor of Tod, but her species is dubious and thus her diurnal/crepuscular/cathemeral/nocturnal deal.
* Averted in [[The Great Mouse Detective]] because the movie takes place only at night and the characters are mice, a rat (Ratigan), and a bat (Fidget), which are crepuscular/nocturnal.
* Deconstructed in ''[[FostersFoster's Home for Imaginary Friends]]'', where Herriman insists that even a nocturnal owl friend be up during the day, helping. Frankie protests against this and eventually runs for the administrative position of Foster's, among her campaign promises to adjust sleeping schedules to accomodate nocturnal friends.
* Played with in ''Birdz'': Sleepy Bat is awake during the day, but is constantly falling asleep.
 
== [[Real Life]] ==
* Tasmanian Devils are nocturnal. [[Taz -Mania|So much for the sky always being yellow.]]
* Wolves are also primarily nocturnal/crepuscular, but Loopy de Loop seems not to have heard.
* Related: Many mammals, such as deer, cats, rabbits, and mice, are either crepuscular, cathemeral, or metaturnal.
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