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Crepuscular. This is the name for animals primarily active at dusk and dawn.

Crepuscular - Crepuscular animals are most active during twilight: both at dawn and dusk. These animals include the platypus, rodents, and deer . Rattlesnakes and Gila monsters are crepuscular as are a number of desert animals, who adapt this way to optimize access to water. (6) Rabbits and Brown bears are two animals often thought to be nocturnal which actually be crepuscular.(7) The wallaby is actually both crepuscular and nocturnal, another animal that doesn't fit neatly into one category. (8)

Many tropical rain forest dwellers are crepuscular. The rest are primarily nocturnal

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