Most animals have a daily pattern of rest and activity.. Some animals are more active during the day (daytime) and some are more active at night (night). how much do animals sleep?, well, depends on the animal:
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Species
Sleep (% of the 24 hours)
Sleep (hours / day)
Giraffe
7.9%
01.54 hours
Horse
12.0%
02.54 hours
Donkey
13.0%
03.06 hours
Elephant
13.8%
03.18 hours
Sheep
16.0%
03.48 hours
Cow
16.4%
03.54 hours
Asian elephant
16.4%
03.54 hours
Goat
22.1%
05.18 hours
Human (old man)
22.9%
05.30 hours
Grey seal
25.8%
06.12 hours
Guppy fish
29.1
07 hours
Pork
32.6%
07.48 hours
human adults
33.3%
08 hours
Guinea de Indias
39.2%
09.24 hours
Chimpanzee
40.4%
09.42 hours
Squirrel monkey
41.3%
09.54 hours
European Hedgehog
42.2%
10.06 hours
Star nosed Mole
42.9%
10.18 hours
Star nosed Mole
42.9%
10.18 hours
bottlenose dolphin
43.3%
10.24 hours
Dog
44.3%
10.38 hours
Jaguar
45.0%
10.48 hours
Pato
45.0%
10.48 hours
Conejo
47.5%
11.24 hours
Rhesus monkey
49.2%
11.48 hours
Mouse
50.3%
12.06 hour
Cat
50.6%
12.06 hours
Guepardo cheetah
50.6%
12.06 hours
Rat
52.4%
12.36 hours
Gerbil
54.4%
13.06 hours
Leon
56.3%
13.30 hours
ornitorinco
58.3%
14.0 hours
Golden Hamster
59.6%
14.18 hours
Three-toed sloth
60.0%
14.24 hours
Huron
60.4%
14.30 hours
Western Toad
60.8%
14.36 hours
Chipmunk
62.0%
14.54 hours
Tiger
65.8%
15.48 hours
Shrew arboricola
65.8%
15.48 hours
Human (baby)
66.7%
16 hours
Buho mono
70.8%
17.0 hours
Opossum North America
75.0%
18 hours
Python
75.0%
18 hours
Giant Armadillo
75.4%
18.06 hours
Bat
82.9%
19.54 hours
The table How much animals sleep? It was adapted from four sources:
1 – Aserinsky, (E)., the status of lids at birth: relationship with adult mammals sleep-wake patterns, in REM sleep , edited by BN Mallick and S. Inoue, Narosa Publishing, New Delhi, 1999, p. 7.
2 – Campbell, the SS and Tobler, (I)., the dream of the animals:. A review of the duration of sleep through the phylogeny of neuroscience and Bioconductual Rev. , 8:269-300, 1984.
3 – Kryger, MH, Roth, T. and Dement'yevskoye, WC, Principles and practice of sleep medicine , WB Saunders Co., Philadelphia, 1989, pp 39-41.
4 – Tobler, (I)., napping and polyphasic sleeping in mammals, dream and monitoring: Cronobiológico aspects, Behavior and medicine of the siesta , edited by DF Dinges and Broughton RJ, Raven Press, New York City, 1989, pp 9-31.
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Thanks Jane.
By sight the easiest thing to identfy them is their tail. Squirrels have a bushy tail that they curl up behind them, while chipmunks have a thinner, straighter tail. Squirrels are also bigger than chipmunks, and can be either red or gray, chipmunks are usually red.
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Thanks Jane.
By sight the easiest thing to identfy them is their tail. Squirrels have a bushy tail that they curl up behind them, while chipmunks have a thinner, straighter tail. Squirrels are also bigger than chipmunks, and can be either red or gray, chipmunks are usually red.
The picture you have for a “squirrel” is not a squirrel, it is a chipmunk.