Animal encyclopedia: all species

Explore the 120 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

120 species asterides-echinodermes Starfish (Echinoderms) Crustaceans Insects Reptiles

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Common Blue

Polyommatus spp. / Lycaenidae

Least concern Mountain

Tunisia

Silk Moth

Bombyx mori

Least concern Farmland & grasslands

Tunisia

Beetle

Least concern Desert

Tunisia

Rove Beetle

Staphylinidae (ex. Ocypus olens)

Least concern Forest

Peacock butterfly

Aglais io

Least concern Forest

Tunisia

Cockroach

Least concern Tropical forest

Tunisia

Cockroach

Blattodea (ordre)

Least concern Tropical forest

Tunisia

Grasshopper

Tettigoniidae

Least concern Savanna

Tunisia

Cabbage White

Pieris sp.

Least concern Steppe

Tunisia

Silverfish

Lepisma saccharinum

Least concern Urban environment

Tunisia

Scale Insect

Coccoidea (superfamille), ex. Dactylopius coccus, Icerya purchasi

Least concern Desert

Tunisia

Longhorn Beetle

Cerambycidae

Data deficient Forest

Tunisia

Copper

Lycaena tityrus / Lycaena phlaeas (groupe des Cuivrés)

Least concern Steppe

Morpho

Morpho spp.

Data deficient Tropical forest

Tunisia

Red Admiral

Vanessa atalanta

Least concern Forest

Tunisia

Leaf Beetle

Chrysomelidae (ex. Chrysolina, Leptinotarsa)

Least concern Forest

Tunisia

Weevil

Curculionidae

Least concern Forest

Tunisia

Dung Beetle

Scarabaeinae (ex. Scarabaeus sacer)

Least concern Desert

Tunisia

Longhorn Beetle

Cerambycidae (ex. Cerambyx cerdo)

Least concern Forest

Tunisia

Shrimp

Caridea / Dendrobranchiata (ordre Decapoda)

Least concern Ocean & sea

Tunisia

Starfish

Least concern

Tunisia

Horsefly

Tabanus spp. (famille Tabanidae)

Least concern Forest

Tunisia

Fruit Fly

Drosophila melanogaster

Least concern Farmland & grasslands

Tunisia

Aphid

Aphidoidea (superfamille)

Least concern Forest

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