Animal encyclopedia: all species

Explore the 26 animal species in TunisieVet’s Animalpedia: characteristics, diet, habitat, behaviour and conservation status.

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Chondrichthyans 5 Sarcopterygians (Flesh-finned fish) 1 Actinistians (Sarcopterygians) 1 Bony fish (Actinopterygians) 1 Fish (Actinopterygians) 15 Actinopterygians 17 Chondrichthyes (cartilaginous fish) 1 Chondrichthyans 8 Cephalopods 1 Molluscs 1 Mammals 167 Birds 109 Reptiles 51 Amphibians 7 Fish 27 Insects 5 Arachnids 2 Crustaceans 1

HABITAT

Forest Wetlands Steppe Farmland & grasslands Mountain Rivers & lakes Coastline Ocean & sea Tropical forest Urban environment Savanna Desert

IUCN STATUS

Not evaluated Least concern Endangered Data deficient Near threatened Vulnerable Critically endangered Extinct in the wild

REGION

Present in Tunisia

26 species Chondrichthyans Molluscs Actinopterygians

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Tiger shark

Galeocerdo cuvier

Near threatened

Catfish

Silurus glanis

Least concern Rivers & lakes

Electric eel

Electrophorus electricus

Least concern Tropical forest

Basking shark

Cetorhinus maximus

Endangered Ocean & sea

Tunisia

Mako shark

Isurus oxyrinchus

Endangered Ocean & sea

Common octopus

Octopus vulgaris

Least concern Ocean & sea

Tunisia

thresher shark

Alopias vulpinus

Vulnerable Ocean & sea

Sailboat

Istiophorus platypterus

Least concern Ocean & sea

Sturgeon

Critically endangered

Arapaima

Arapaima gigas

Data deficient Rivers & lakes

Tunisia

Hammerhead shark

Endangered

Piranha

Least concern Rivers & lakes

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