Animal encyclopedia: all species

Explore the 85 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

85 species asterides-echinodermes Starfish (Echinoderms) Chondrichthyans Chondrichthyans Gastropods Reptiles

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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

Giant manta ray

Mobula birostris

Endangered Ocean & sea

Tunisia

Egyptian cobra

Naja haje

Least concern Desert

Komodo dragon

Varanus komodoensis

Endangered Savanna

Tunisia

Desert monitor

Varanus griseus

Least concern Desert

Tunisia

Mako shark

Isurus oxyrinchus

Endangered Ocean & sea

Basking shark

Cetorhinus maximus

Endangered Ocean & sea

Perentie

Varanus giganteus

Least concern Desert

Basil

Basiliscus sp.

Least concern Tropical forest

Tunisia

Stingray

Dasyatis pastinaca (et autres espèces de la famille Dasyatidae)

Near threatened Ocean & sea

Tunisia

Sawfish

Critically endangered Ocean & sea

Gharial

Gavialis gangeticus

Critically endangered Rivers & lakes

Rattlesnake

Least concern Desert

Tunisia

Greek tortoise

Testudo graeca

Vulnerable Desert

Green anaconda

Eunectes murinus

Least concern Tropical forest

Taipan

Oxyuranus scutellatus

Least concern Savanna

Tunisia

Torpedo ray

Torpedo torpedo / Torpedo marmorata (famille Torpedinidae)

Least concern Ocean & sea

Tunisia

Leatherback turtle

Dermochelys coriacea

Vulnerable Ocean & sea

giant turtle

Vulnerable Savanna

Tunisia

Iguana

Iguana iguana

Least concern Tropical forest

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