Animal encyclopedia: all species

Explore the 70 animal species in TunisieVet’s Animalpedia: characteristics, diet, habitat, behaviour and conservation status.

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CLASS

Scyphozoans 1 Gastropods 6 Bivalves 7 Clitellates 1 Clitellates 1 Turbellarians (Flatworms) 1 Polychaetes 2 Tardigrades (Eutardigrada / Heterotardigrada) 1 Rotifers 1 Demosponges (Poriferans) 1 Crustaceans (Barnacles) 1 Hexacorallia (Sea Anemones and Corals) 1 Anthozoans 1 Hydrozoans 2 Starfish (Echinoderms) 1 Brittle Stars 1 Sea Urchins 1 Holothuroidea (Sea Cucumbers) 1 Crinoids 1 Millipedes 1 Malacostracan Crustaceans 13 Molluscs 1 Chondrichthyans 6 Cephalopods 6 Chondrichthyans 10 Chondrichthyes (cartilaginous fish) 1 Actinopterygians 18 Fish (Actinopterygians) 17 Bony fish (Actinopterygians) 1 Actinistians (Sarcopterygians) 1 Sarcopterygians (Flesh-finned fish) 1 Horseshoe crabs 1 Mammals 208 Birds 123 Reptiles 51 Amphibians 13 Fish 28 Insects 55 Arachnids 11 Crustaceans 2

HABITAT

Forest Wetlands Farmland & grasslands Steppe Ocean & sea Coastline Mountain Rivers & lakes Urban environment Tropical forest Savanna Desert

IUCN STATUS

Not evaluated Least concern Endangered Data deficient Near threatened Vulnerable Critically endangered Extinct in the wild

REGION

Present in Tunisia

70 species asterides-echinodermes Chondrichthyans Clitellates Starfish (Echinoderms) Crustaceans Insects

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Tiger shark

Galeocerdo cuvier

Near threatened

Tunisia

Honey bee

Apis mellifera

Data deficient Forest

Tunisia

Sawfish

Critically endangered Ocean & sea

Basking shark

Cetorhinus maximus

Endangered Ocean & sea

Monarch butterfly

Danaus plexippus

Least concern Forest

Tunisia

Mako shark

Isurus oxyrinchus

Endangered Ocean & sea

Tunisia

Seven-spot ladybird

Coccinella septempunctata

Least concern Forest

European lobster

Homarus gammarus

Least concern Ocean & sea

Tunisia

thresher shark

Alopias vulpinus

Vulnerable Ocean & sea

Tunisia

Praying mantis

Mantis religiosa

Least concern Steppe

Tunisia

Hornet

Vespa crabro

Least concern Forest

Tunisia

Desert locust

Schistocerca gregaria

Hammerhead shark

Guitar Shark

Critically endangered

Tunisia

eagle ray

Myliobatis aquila

Endangered Ocean & sea

Tunisia

Cricket

Gryllidae (famille), ex. Acheta domesticus

Least concern Steppe

Tunisia

Old World Swallowtail

Papilio machaon

Least concern Mountain

Tunisia

Cicada

Cicadidae (famille), ex. Lyristes plebejus

Least concern Forest

Tunisia

Dragonfly

Ordre Odonata

Least concern Rivers & lakes

Tunisia

Ant

Formicidae

Least concern Desert

Tunisia

Red and Black Flea Beetle

Pyrrhocoris apterus

Least concern Forest

Tunisia

Silk Moth

Bombyx mori

Least concern Farmland & grasslands

Bumblebee

Bombus sp.

Least concern Forest

Tunisia

Common Blue

Polyommatus spp. / Lycaenidae

Least concern Mountain

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