Night Animals

Orycteropus afer

The aardvark is a nocturnal, burrowing mammal found across sub-Saharan Africa, best known for its long snout and powerful digging claws used to raid termite mounds.

Desmodus rotundus

The common vampire bat is one of only three bat species that feeds exclusively on blood, mainly targeting livestock across Latin America under cover of darkness.

Corallus caninus

The emerald tree boa is a non-venomous constrictor found in the rainforest canopy of the Amazon basin, spending nearly its entire life coiled in trees.

Vulpes zerda

The fennec fox is the smallest fox species in the world, adapted to the extreme heat of the Sahara Desert with famously oversized ears.

Stegostoma tigrinum

The zebra shark is a docile, bottom-dwelling shark of the Indo-Pacific, named for the dark stripes seen in juveniles that fade into a spotted pattern as adults.