Animal encyclopedia: all species

Explore the 75 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 131 Reptiles 62 Amphibians 13 Fish 28 Insects 55 Arachnids 11 Crustaceans 2

HABITAT

Forest Wetlands Farmland & grasslands Steppe Coastline Ocean & sea 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

75 species asterides-echinodermes Starfish (Echinoderms) Anthozoans Actinopterygians Insects

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Electric eel

Electrophorus electricus

Least concern Tropical forest

Tunisia

Honey bee

Apis mellifera

Data deficient Forest

Catfish

Silurus glanis

Least concern Rivers & lakes

Monarch butterfly

Danaus plexippus

Least concern Forest

Arapaima

Arapaima gigas

Data deficient Rivers & lakes

Sailboat

Istiophorus platypterus

Least concern Ocean & sea

Tunisia

Seven-spot ladybird

Coccinella septempunctata

Least concern Forest

Tunisia

Praying mantis

Mantis religiosa

Least concern Steppe

Sturgeon

Critically endangered

Tunisia

Mackerel

Scomber scombrus

Least concern

Tunisia

Hornet

Vespa crabro

Least concern Forest

Piranha

Least concern Rivers & lakes

Tunisia

Desert locust

Schistocerca gregaria

Not evaluated Desert

Tunisia

Wrasse

Labrus spp.

Least concern Ocean & sea

Angelfish

Least concern

Tunisia

Lionfish

Pterois volitans / Pterois miles

Least concern

Tunisia

Pipefish

Syngnathus sp.

Least concern

Tunisia

Barracuda

Sphyraena sp. (genre)

Least concern

Butterflyfish

Chaetodon spp. (famille Chaetodontidae)

Least concern

Tunisia

Anchovy

Engraulis encrasicolus

Least concern Ocean & sea

Tunisia

Hake

Merluccius merluccius

Near threatened Ocean & sea

Turbot

Scophthalmus maximus

Least concern Ocean & sea

Surgeonfish

Least concern Ocean & sea

Tunisia

Cicada

Cicadidae (famille), ex. Lyristes plebejus

Least concern Forest

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