Animal encyclopedia: all species

Explore the 90 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 129 Reptiles 51 Amphibians 13 Fish 28 Insects 55 Arachnids 11 Crustaceans 2

HABITAT

Forest Wetlands Farmland & grasslands Steppe Ocean & sea Coastline Mountain 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

90 species asterides-echinodermes Starfish (Echinoderms) Polychaetes Fish Chondrichthyans Hydrozoans Reptiles

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Tunisia

Mediterranean chameleon

Chamaeleo chamaeleon

Least concern Forest

Goldfish

Carassius auratus

Least concern Rivers & lakes

Tunisia

Desert horned viper

Cerastes cerastes

Least concern Desert

Gaboon viper

Bitis gabonica

Least concern Savanna

King cobra

Ophiophagus hannah

Vulnerable Tropical forest

Tunisia

Egyptian cobra

Naja haje

Least concern Desert

Giant manta ray

Mobula birostris

Endangered Ocean & sea

Komodo dragon

Varanus komodoensis

Endangered Savanna

Tunisia

Atlantic bluefin tuna

Thunnus thynnus

Least concern Ocean & sea

Clownfish

Amphiprion ocellaris

Least concern Ocean & sea

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

Cod

Gadus morhua

Vulnerable Ocean & sea

Tunisia

Desert monitor

Varanus griseus

Least concern Desert

Tunisia

Greek tortoise

Testudo graeca

Vulnerable Desert

Taipan

Oxyuranus scutellatus

Least concern Savanna

Siamese fighting fish

Betta splendens

Vulnerable Rivers & lakes

Whale shark

Rhincodon typus

Endangered Ocean & sea

Rattlesnake

Least concern Desert

Green anaconda

Eunectes murinus

Least concern Tropical forest

giant turtle

Vulnerable Savanna

Tunisia

Iguana

Iguana iguana

Least concern Tropical forest

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