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Info copied from: Magnetoreception Ant, Big brown bat, Red fox, Schwarziana quadripunctata


 * Ant - Some species of ant are able to use the Earth's magnetic field for navigation.


 * Big brown bat - NewScientist.com Article from issue 2581 of New Scientist magazine, 6 December 2006, page 21- Claims bats can navigate by sensing Earth's magnetic field


 * Caenorhabditis elegans - The nematode Caenorhabditis elegans orients to the magnetic field of the earth using magnetosensory neurons.


 * Domestic hens have iron mineral deposits in the dendrites in the upper beak and are capable of magnetoreception.


 * Drosophila melanogaster - Cryptochromes are thought to be essential for the light-dependent ability of the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster to sense magnetic fields.


 * Greater mouse-eared bat - Research with Myotis myotis supports the hypothesis that bats use magnetic fields as a compass calibrator and their primary compass is the sun.


 * Homing pigeon


 * Honey bee - Magnetoreception is well documented in honey bees, ants and termites.


 * Red deer (no mention in that article)


 * Red fox - A 2008–2010 study of red foxes found that successful hunting in long vegetation or under snow appeared to involve an alignment of the fox with the Earth's magnetic field.


 * Red imported fire ant


 * Roe deer (no mention in that article)


 * Schwarziana quadripunctata - the stingless bee relies on magnetoreception for navigational purposes.


 * Termite - Magnetoreception is well documented in honey bees, ants and termites.


 * Tochuina tetraquetra - prior to a full moon Tochuina orient their bodies between magnetic north and east.


 * Wood mouse - When woodmice are removed from their home area and deprived of visual and olfactory cues, they orient themselves towards their homes until an inverted magnetic field is applied to their cage.


 * Zambian mole-rat - uses magnetic fields as a polarity compass to aid in the orientation of their nests.