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nocturnality

animal behavior characterized by activity during the night and sleeping during the day
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nocturnality

Summary

nocturnality ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,976 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • nocturnality is a type of animal behavior[2].
  • nocturnality is a type of Q140999715[3].
  • nocturnality is a type of chronobiology[4].
  • nocturnality is a type of animal ecology[5].
  • nocturnality's Commons category is recorded as Nocturnality[6].
  • nocturnality is the opposite of diurnality[7].
  • nocturnality's different from is recorded as nocturnal[8].
  • nocturnality's P14884 is recorded as 0095006[9].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include animal behavior[2], Q140999715[3], chronobiology[4], and animal ecology[5]. nocturnality is the opposite of diurnality[7].

Why It Matters

nocturnality ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,976 views/month).[1] nocturnality has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] nocturnality is known by 57 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 13d ago · Halloweveguy · 2026-09-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → animal behavior, Q140999715, chronobiology +1
    P14884 → 0095006
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P279]]: [[Q506874]]"
  2. 19w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → animal behavior, Q140999715, chronobiology +1
    Different from → nocturnal
    Opposite of → diurnality
    Aliases → —
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 27259, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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