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Nyctereutes
Nyctereutes (raccoon dogs, Japanese tanuki タヌキ) is a Canidae genus whose single living species, N. procyonoides, is native to East Asia, hibernates in pairs, and became an invasive European species after USSR fur-farm releases, 1927 to 1957.
Nycteris
Nycteris, slit-faced or hollow-faced bats, sole genus of family Nycteridae (Geoffroy & Cuvier, 1795); 16 species across Africa, Madagascar, and Southeast Asia, defined by a slit between noseleaves and a Y-shaped terminal caudal vertebra.
Nycticebus coucang
Nycticebus coucang, the Sunda or greater slow loris, is a venomous nocturnal strepsirrhine primate of Sumatra, the Malay Peninsula, and Singapore, listed Endangered by IUCN and on CITES Appendix I.
Nycticeius
Nycticeius (evening bats), genus of vespertilionid bats erected by Rafinesque in 1819; now an exclusively New World genus of three species (aenobarbus, cubanus, humeralis), best known for the North American evening bat N. humeralis.
Nycticorax
Nycticorax (night herons), genus of Ardeidae herons erected by Forster 1817; type species black-crowned night heron Nycticorax nycticorax, worldwide except Australia, IUCN Least Concern, 440,000-1,990,000 mature individuals.
Nyctinomops
Nyctinomops is a genus of four species of free-tailed bats native to the Americas, named by Gerrit S. Miller in 1902 after long treatment as a subgenus of Tadarida.
Nyctophilus
Nyctophilus (long-eared bats) is an Australia-centered genus of vespertilionid bats with 16 recognized species, long ears, nose-leaf features, quiet echolocation, and a heavily revised, cryptic-species-rich taxonomy.
Nydia Velázquez
Nydia Velázquez, born 1953 in Yabucoa, Puerto Rico, is a Democratic U.S. representative for New York's 12th district since 1993 and the first Puerto Rican woman in Congress.
Nye County, Nevada
Nye County, Nevada: the state's largest county by land area (18,181.9 sq mi) and third-largest in the contiguous U.S., county seat Tonopah, created 1864 from Esmeralda County, population 51,591 (2020).
Nyeboe Land
Nyeboe Land is an ice-free region on Greenland's north coast between 81°15′N and 82°20′N, bounded by Newman Bay and St. George Fjord, named for Danish engineer M. Ib Nyeboe and mapped as GEUS Sheet 7.
Nyepi
Nyepi, also called Njepi, is the Balinese Hindu Day of Silence marking the Saka new year, when Bali stops work, travel, lights, and entertainment for 24 hours.
Nyeri
Nyeri, a highland town about 150 km north of Nairobi and headquarters of Nyeri County, Kenya, between Mount Kenya and the Aberdares; founded as a colonial fort in 1902, economy led by tea, coffee and dairy.
Nyingchi
Nyingchi (林芝, sNying-khri), a prefecture-level city in southeastern Tibet on the Yarlung Tsangpo, known as the Jiangnan of Tibet; forested valleys at 3,100 m, the Grand Canyon, Namcha Barwa, and the 2021 Lhasa–Nyingchi railway.
Nyirad
Nyirád Racing Center (Vörös Katlan, Red Cauldron) is a rallycross and autocross circuit near Nyirád, Hungary; first championship race 1988, first Euro RX round 2006, first Hungarian World RX event 2024.
Nyirad Rallycross
Nyirád Rallycross takes place at the Nyirád Racing Center (Vörös katlan, "Red Cauldron"), a 1,220 m mixed asphalt-and-gravel circuit near Lake Balaton, Hungary; it hosted the European Rallycross Championship 2006-2013 and from 2022, and Hungary's first World RX round in 2024.
Nyíregyháza
Nyíregyháza is a city of county rank in northeastern Hungary and the seat of Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county, with about 115,000 residents making it the country's seventh most populous settlement.
Nyjah Huston
Nyjah Huston (born 1994) is an American street skateboarder, youngest-ever X Games competitor at 11, winner of 15 X Games golds and record SLS titles, and Paris 2024 Olympic bronze medalist.
NYK Line
NYK Line (Nippon Yusen Kaisha, 日本郵船) is a Japanese shipping and logistics group founded in 1885, headquartered in Tokyo and operating a fleet of 886 vessels.
Nykaa
Nykaa (FSN E-Commerce Ventures Limited) is India's leading omnichannel beauty and lifestyle retailer, founded in 2012 by Falguni Nayar, NSE-listed since 2021, with 313 stores, Rs 10,022 crore FY2026 revenue, House of Nykaa owned brands, and Superstore B2B distribution.
Nykiya Adams
Nykiya Adams is a British actress from Essex whose debut role as 12-year-old Bailey in Andrea Arnold's Bird (2024), in competition at Cannes, won her London Critics' Circle and National Film Awards newcomer honors.
Nyla
Nyla (Nailah Thorbourne, born 1983) is a Jamaican singer from Kingston, formerly of the duo Brick & Lace (Love Is Wicked, 2007), best known for featuring on Major Lazer's multi-Platinum Light It Up.
Nyla Rose
Nyla Rose (Brandi Hicks Degroat, born 1982) is an American wrestler and actress, the first openly transgender woman signed to a major U.S. promotion (AEW, 2019) and first openly trans person to hold a major title, the AEW Women's World Championship.
Nyla Usha
Nyla Usha (നൈല ഉഷ), Malayalam actress, Dubai radio jockey, and TV presenter born 1984 in Thiruvananthapuram; debuted in Kunjananthante Kada (2013), known for Punyalan Agarbathis, Fireman, Lucifer, and hosting Minute to Win It.
Nylas
Nylas, formerly InboxApp, Inc., is a San Francisco company whose API lets developers embed email, calendar, and contacts from Gmail, Microsoft, and 250+ providers into apps.
Nyle DiMarco
Nyle DiMarco is an American Deaf model, actor, and activist, winner of America's Next Top Model cycle 22 (2015) and Dancing with the Stars season 22 (2016), Gallaudet mathematics graduate, Deaf Utopia author, and co-director of Deaf President Now!.
Nylon
Nylon is a family of synthetic polyamide polymers, first made at DuPont in 1935, best known as the first wholly synthetic textile fiber and as a widely used engineering plastic.
Nylon 11
Nylon 11, or polyamide 11 (PA11), is a thermoplastic polyamide derived from castor oil, first patented in France in 1947 and sold mainly as Rilsan.
Nylon 12
Nylon 12, also known as polyamide 12 or PA12, is an oil-based semi-crystalline polyamide thermoplastic known for low water absorption and use in automotive fuel lines.
Nylon 6
Nylon 6, also known as polyamide 6 (PA6) or polycaprolactam, is a thermoplastic polyamide made by ring-opening polymerization of caprolactam, used as a fiber and molding resin.
Nylon 66
Nylon 66 (Polyamide 6,6) is a synthetic polyamide made from adipic acid and hexamethylenediamine, first synthesized at DuPont in 1935 and used in textiles, air bags, and automotive parts.