Animal encyclopedia: all species

Explore the 56 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 193 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

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Tunisia

Cockroach

Blattodea (ordre)

Least concern Tropical forest

Tunisia

Grasshopper

Tettigoniidae

Least concern Savanna

Tunisia

Cabbage White

Pieris sp.

Least concern Steppe

Tunisia

Stick Insect

Phasmatodea (ordre)

Data deficient

Tunisia

Brimstone

Gonepteryx rhamni

Beetle

Longhorn Beetle

Cerambycidae

Data deficient Forest

Tunisia

Red Admiral

Vanessa atalanta

Least concern Forest

Tunisia

Silverfish

Lepisma saccharinum

Least concern Urban environment

Tunisia

Copper

Lycaena tityrus / Lycaena phlaeas (groupe des Cuivrés)

Least concern Steppe

Stag Beetle

Lucanus cervus

Near threatened Forest

Tunisia

Horsefly

Tabanus spp. (famille Tabanidae)

Least concern Forest

Tunisia

Aphid

Aphidoidea (superfamille)

Least concern Forest

Tunisia

Weevil

Curculionidae

Least concern Forest

Tunisia

Scale Insect

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

Least concern Desert

Tunisia

Longhorn Beetle

Cerambycidae (ex. Cerambyx cerdo)

Least concern Forest

Tunisia

Fruit Fly

Drosophila melanogaster

Least concern Farmland & grasslands

Tunisia

Dung Beetle

Scarabaeinae (ex. Scarabaeus sacer)

Least concern Desert

Tunisia

Firefly

Lampyris noctiluca

Least concern Forest

Tunisia

Ground beetle

Carabus spp.

Least concern Forest

Glowworm

Lampyris noctiluca

Data deficient Forest

Tunisia

Colorado Potato Beetle

Leptinotarsa decemlineata

Least concern Farmland & grasslands

Tunisia

Whitefly

Aleyrodidae (ex. Bemisia tabaci, Trialeurodes vaporariorum)

Least concern Farmland & grasslands

Tunisia

Leaf Beetle

Chrysomelidae (ex. Chrysolina, Leptinotarsa)

Least concern Forest

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