Animal encyclopedia: all species

Explore the 65 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 129 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

65 species asterides-echinodermes Starfish (Echinoderms) Clitellates Chondrichthyans Horseshoe crabs Insects

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Tunisia

Honey bee

Apis mellifera

Data deficient Forest

Giant manta ray

Mobula birostris

Endangered Ocean & sea

Monarch butterfly

Danaus plexippus

Least concern Forest

Tunisia

Praying mantis

Mantis religiosa

Least concern Steppe

Tunisia

Seven-spot ladybird

Coccinella septempunctata

Least concern Forest

Tunisia

Torpedo ray

Torpedo torpedo / Torpedo marmorata (famille Torpedinidae)

Least concern Ocean & sea

Tunisia

Stingray

Dasyatis pastinaca (et autres espèces de la famille Dasyatidae)

Near threatened Ocean & sea

Tunisia

Hornet

Vespa crabro

Least concern Forest

Nurse shark

Ginglymostoma cirratum

Vulnerable Ocean & sea

Tunisia

Desert locust

Schistocerca gregaria

Not evaluated Desert

Lemon shark

Negaprion brevirostris

Near threatened

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

Dragonfly

Ordre Odonata

Least concern Rivers & lakes

Tunisia

Ant

Formicidae

Least concern Desert

Tunisia

Red and Black Flea Beetle

Pyrrhocoris apterus

Least concern Forest

Tunisia

Stick Insect

Phasmatodea (ordre)

Data deficient

Bumblebee

Bombus sp.

Least concern Forest

Tunisia

Silk Moth

Bombyx mori

Least concern Farmland & grasslands

Tunisia

Termite

Isoptera (infra-ordre)

Least concern Desert

Tunisia

Fly

Musca domestica

Least concern Farmland & grasslands

Tunisia

Cockroach

Least concern Tropical forest

Tunisia

Cockroach

Blattodea (ordre)

Least concern Tropical forest

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