Animal encyclopedia: all species

Explore the 89 animal species in TunisieVet’s Animalpedia: characteristics, diet, habitat, behaviour and conservation status.

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CLASS

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 196 Birds 123 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

89 species asterides-echinodermes Starfish (Echinoderms) Fish Chondrichthyans Clitellates Reptiles

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Tunisia

Mediterranean chameleon

Chamaeleo chamaeleon

Least concern Forest

Tunisia

Desert horned viper

Cerastes cerastes

Least concern Desert

Goldfish

Carassius auratus

Least concern Rivers & lakes

Gaboon viper

Bitis gabonica

Least concern Savanna

King cobra

Ophiophagus hannah

Vulnerable Tropical forest

Tiger shark

Galeocerdo cuvier

Near threatened

Tunisia

Egyptian cobra

Naja haje

Least concern Desert

Clownfish

Amphiprion ocellaris

Least concern Ocean & sea

Tunisia

Atlantic bluefin tuna

Thunnus thynnus

Least concern Ocean & sea

Komodo dragon

Varanus komodoensis

Endangered Savanna

Tunisia

Swordfish

Xiphias gladius

Near threatened Ocean & sea

Tunisia

Dusky grouper

Epinephelus marginatus

Vulnerable Ocean & sea

Great white shark

Carcharodon carcharias

Vulnerable Ocean & sea

Perentie

Varanus giganteus

Least concern Desert

Tunisia

Greek tortoise

Testudo graeca

Vulnerable Desert

Basking shark

Cetorhinus maximus

Endangered Ocean & sea

Tunisia

Desert monitor

Varanus griseus

Least concern Desert

Siamese fighting fish

Betta splendens

Vulnerable Rivers & lakes

Taipan

Oxyuranus scutellatus

Least concern Savanna

Whale shark

Rhincodon typus

Endangered Ocean & sea

Rattlesnake

Least concern Desert

Tunisia

Mako shark

Isurus oxyrinchus

Endangered Ocean & sea

Bearded dragon

Pogona vitticeps

Least concern Desert

giant turtle

Vulnerable Savanna

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