Animal encyclopedia: all species

Explore the 64 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 10 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 5 Cephalopods 4 Chondrichthyans 8 Chondrichthyes (cartilaginous fish) 1 Actinopterygians 18 Fish (Actinopterygians) 15 Bony fish (Actinopterygians) 1 Actinistians (Sarcopterygians) 1 Sarcopterygians (Flesh-finned fish) 1 Mammals 187 Birds 121 Reptiles 51 Amphibians 8 Fish 27 Insects 55 Arachnids 11 Crustaceans 2

HABITAT

Forest Wetlands Farmland & grasslands Steppe Coastline Mountain Ocean & sea 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

64 species asterides-echinodermes Starfish (Echinoderms) Chondrichthyans Insects

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Tunisia

Honey bee

Apis mellifera

Data deficient Forest

Tiger shark

Galeocerdo cuvier

Near threatened

Tunisia

Mako shark

Isurus oxyrinchus

Endangered Ocean & sea

Basking shark

Cetorhinus maximus

Endangered Ocean & sea

Monarch butterfly

Danaus plexippus

Least concern Forest

Tunisia

Sawfish

Critically endangered Ocean & sea

Tunisia

Seven-spot ladybird

Coccinella septempunctata

Least concern Forest

Tunisia

thresher shark

Alopias vulpinus

Vulnerable Ocean & sea

Tunisia

Praying mantis

Mantis religiosa

Least concern Steppe

Tunisia

Desert locust

Schistocerca gregaria

Not evaluated Desert

Tunisia

Guitar Shark

Critically endangered

Tunisia

Hammerhead shark

Endangered

Tunisia

Hornet

Vespa crabro

Least concern Forest

Tunisia

eagle ray

Myliobatis aquila

Endangered Ocean & sea

Tunisia

Cricket

Gryllidae (famille), ex. Acheta domesticus

Least concern Steppe

Tunisia

Cicada

Cicadidae (famille), ex. Lyristes plebejus

Least concern Forest

Tunisia

Old World Swallowtail

Papilio machaon

Least concern Mountain

Tunisia

Ant

Formicidae

Least concern Desert

Tunisia

Common Blue

Polyommatus spp. / Lycaenidae

Least concern Mountain

Tunisia

Dragonfly

Ordre Odonata

Least concern Rivers & lakes

Tunisia

Termite

Isoptera (infra-ordre)

Least concern Desert

Tunisia

Silk Moth

Bombyx mori

Least concern Farmland & grasslands

Tunisia

Cockroach

Least concern Tropical forest

Tunisia

Wasp

Vespula vulgaris / Vespula germanica (guêpe commune)

Least concern Forest

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