Animal encyclopedia: all species

Explore the 29 animal species in TunisieVet’s Animalpedia: characteristics, diet, habitat, behaviour and conservation status.

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Demosponges (Poriferans) 1 Crustaceans (Barnacles) 1 Gastropods 6 Bivalves 7 Clitellates 1 Clitellates 1 Turbellarians (Flatworms) 1 Polychaetes 2 Tardigrades (Eutardigrada / Heterotardigrada) 1 Rotifers 1 Malacostracan Crustaceans 13 Scyphozoans 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 Horseshoe crabs 1 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 Mammals 208 Birds 123 Reptiles 51 Amphibians 8 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

29 species asterides-echinodermes Starfish (Echinoderms) Bivalves Arachnids Chondrichthyans

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Tunisia

Deathstalker scorpion

Androctonus australis

Not evaluated Desert

Tiger shark

Galeocerdo cuvier

Near threatened

Tunisia

Sawfish

Critically endangered Ocean & sea

Basking shark

Cetorhinus maximus

Endangered Ocean & sea

Goliath birdeater

Theraphosa blondi

Not evaluated Tropical forest

Tunisia

Mako shark

Isurus oxyrinchus

Endangered Ocean & sea

Tunisia

thresher shark

Alopias vulpinus

Vulnerable Ocean & sea

Tunisia

Hammerhead shark

Endangered

Tunisia

Guitar Shark

Critically endangered

Tunisia

eagle ray

Myliobatis aquila

Endangered Ocean & sea

Tunisia

Spider

Araneae

Least concern Desert

Tunisia

Wolf Spider

Lycosa tarantula (Lycosidae)

Least concern Desert

Tarantula

Data deficient Desert

Tunisia

Crab Spider

Thomisidae (ex. Misumena vatia)

Least concern Forest

Tunisia

Tick

Ixodida (ordre), ex. Ixodes ricinus

Least concern Forest

Tunisia

Harvestman

Opiliones (ordre)

Pseudoscorpion

Black Widow

Latrodectus mactans (et espèces apparentées du genre Latrodectus)

Least concern Desert

Tunisia

Oyster

Ostrea edulis / Crassostrea gigas

Least concern Ocean & sea

Tunisia

Mite

Acari

Least concern Desert

Tunisia

Tellin

Donax trunculus

Least concern Ocean & sea

Scallop

Starfish

Great Scallop

Pecten maximus

Least concern Ocean & sea

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