Animal encyclopedia: all species

Explore the 74 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 194 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

74 species asterides-echinodermes Starfish (Echinoderms) Insects Bivalves Arachnids

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Tunisia

Deathstalker scorpion

Androctonus australis

Not evaluated Desert

Tunisia

Honey bee

Apis mellifera

Data deficient Forest

Monarch butterfly

Danaus plexippus

Least concern Forest

Goliath birdeater

Theraphosa blondi

Not evaluated Tropical forest

Tunisia

Seven-spot ladybird

Coccinella septempunctata

Least concern Forest

Tunisia

Praying mantis

Mantis religiosa

Least concern Steppe

Tunisia

Desert locust

Schistocerca gregaria

Not evaluated Desert

Tunisia

Hornet

Vespa crabro

Least concern Forest

Tunisia

Spider

Araneae

Least concern Desert

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

Cockroach

Least concern Tropical forest

Tunisia

Termite

Isoptera (infra-ordre)

Least concern Desert

Bumblebee

Bombus sp.

Least concern Forest

Tunisia

Common Blue

Polyommatus spp. / Lycaenidae

Least concern Mountain

Tunisia

Wolf Spider

Lycosa tarantula (Lycosidae)

Least concern Desert

Tunisia

Silk Moth

Bombyx mori

Least concern Farmland & grasslands

Peacock butterfly

Aglais io

Least concern Forest

Tunisia

Mole Cricket

Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa

Least concern Rivers & lakes

Tunisia

Wasp

Vespula vulgaris / Vespula germanica (guêpe commune)

Least concern Forest

Tunisia

Mosquito

Culicidae (ex. Culex pipiens, Aedes albopictus)

Least concern Rivers & lakes

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