Animal encyclopedia: all species

Explore the 69 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

69 species asterides-echinodermes Starfish (Echinoderms) Insects Clitellates Molluscs Arachnids

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Tunisia

Deathstalker scorpion

Androctonus australis

Not evaluated Desert

Tunisia

Honey bee

Apis mellifera

Data deficient Forest

Goliath birdeater

Theraphosa blondi

Not evaluated Tropical forest

Monarch butterfly

Danaus plexippus

Least concern Forest

Tunisia

Seven-spot ladybird

Coccinella septempunctata

Least concern Forest

Tunisia

Praying mantis

Mantis religiosa

Least concern Steppe

Common octopus

Octopus vulgaris

Least concern Ocean & sea

Tunisia

Hornet

Vespa crabro

Least concern Forest

Tunisia

Desert locust

Schistocerca gregaria

Not evaluated Desert

Tunisia

Cicada

Cicadidae (famille), ex. Lyristes plebejus

Least concern Forest

Tunisia

Cricket

Gryllidae (famille), ex. Acheta domesticus

Least concern Steppe

Tunisia

Dragonfly

Ordre Odonata

Least concern Rivers & lakes

Tunisia

Spider

Araneae

Least concern Desert

Tunisia

Old World Swallowtail

Papilio machaon

Least concern Mountain

Tunisia

Ant

Formicidae

Least concern Desert

Tunisia

Wolf Spider

Lycosa tarantula (Lycosidae)

Least concern Desert

Tunisia

Mole Cricket

Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa

Least concern Rivers & lakes

Tunisia

Stick Insect

Phasmatodea (ordre)

Data deficient

Tunisia

Red and Black Flea Beetle

Pyrrhocoris apterus

Least concern Forest

Tunisia

Silk Moth

Bombyx mori

Least concern Farmland & grasslands

Bumblebee

Bombus sp.

Least concern Forest

Tunisia

Termite

Isoptera (infra-ordre)

Least concern Desert

Tunisia

Fly

Musca domestica

Least concern Farmland & grasslands

Peacock butterfly

Aglais io

Least concern Forest

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