Animal encyclopedia: all species

Explore the 119 animal species in TunisieVet’s Animalpedia: characteristics, diet, habitat, behaviour and conservation status.

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Hexacorallia (Sea Anemones and Corals) 1 Gastropods 6 Bivalves 7 Clitellates 1 Clitellates 1 Turbellarians (Flatworms) 1 Polychaetes 2 Tardigrades (Eutardigrada / Heterotardigrada) 1 Rotifers 1 Demosponges (Poriferans) 1 Scyphozoans 1 Crustaceans (Barnacles) 1 Anthozoans 1 Hydrozoans 2 Starfish (Echinoderms) 1 Brittle Stars 1 Sea Urchins 1 Holothuroidea (Sea Cucumbers) 1 Crinoids 1 Millipedes 1 Turbellarians (Flatworms) 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 125 Reptiles 51 Amphibians 13 Fish 28 Insects 55 Arachnids 11 Crustaceans 2

HABITAT

Forest Wetlands Farmland & grasslands Steppe Ocean & sea Coastline Mountain Urban environment Rivers & lakes 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

119 species asterides-echinodermes Clitellates Starfish (Echinoderms) Reptiles Chondrichthyans Insects

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Tunisia

Mediterranean chameleon

Chamaeleo chamaeleon

Least concern Forest

Tunisia

Desert horned viper

Cerastes cerastes

Least concern Desert

Tiger shark

Galeocerdo cuvier

Near threatened

Gaboon viper

Bitis gabonica

Least concern Savanna

King cobra

Ophiophagus hannah

Vulnerable Tropical forest

Tunisia

Honey bee

Apis mellifera

Data deficient Forest

Tunisia

Egyptian cobra

Naja haje

Least concern Desert

Komodo dragon

Varanus komodoensis

Endangered Savanna

Perentie

Varanus giganteus

Least concern Desert

Tunisia

Desert monitor

Varanus griseus

Least concern Desert

Tunisia

Greek tortoise

Testudo graeca

Vulnerable Desert

Basking shark

Cetorhinus maximus

Endangered Ocean & sea

Tunisia

Sawfish

Critically endangered Ocean & sea

Monarch butterfly

Danaus plexippus

Least concern Forest

Taipan

Oxyuranus scutellatus

Least concern Savanna

Rattlesnake

Least concern Desert

Tunisia

Mako shark

Isurus oxyrinchus

Endangered Ocean & sea

Green anaconda

Eunectes murinus

Least concern Tropical forest

giant turtle

Vulnerable Savanna

Tunisia

Iguana

Iguana iguana

Least concern Tropical forest

Bearded dragon

Pogona vitticeps

Least concern Desert

Tunisia

Seven-spot ladybird

Coccinella septempunctata

Least concern Forest

White-lipped pit viper

Trimeresurus albolabris

Least concern Tropical forest

Tunisia

Leatherback turtle

Dermochelys coriacea

Vulnerable Ocean & sea

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