Animal encyclopedia: all species

Explore the 86 animal species in TunisieVet’s Animalpedia: characteristics, diet, habitat, behaviour and conservation status.

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Chondrichthyans 8 Bivalves 3 Gastropods 4 Crustaceans (Barnacles) 1 Malacostracan Crustaceans 10 Horseshoe crabs 1 Sarcopterygians (Flesh-finned fish) 1 Actinistians (Sarcopterygians) 1 Bony fish (Actinopterygians) 1 Fish (Actinopterygians) 15 Actinopterygians 17 Chondrichthyes (cartilaginous fish) 1 Cephalopods 4 Chondrichthyans 5 Molluscs 1 Mammals 168 Birds 114 Reptiles 51 Amphibians 7 Fish 27 Insects 54 Arachnids 11 Crustaceans 2

HABITAT

Forest Farmland & grasslands Wetlands Steppe Urban environment Mountain Coastline Rivers & lakes Ocean & sea 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

86 species Fish Insects Chondrichthyans

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Bonito

Sarda sarda

Least concern Ocean & sea

Tunisia

Pufferfish

Tetraodontidae (ex. Lagocephalus sceleratus)

Least concern

Tunisia

Scorpionfish

Least concern Ocean & sea

Nurse shark

Ginglymostoma cirratum

Vulnerable Ocean & sea

Zander

Sander lucioperca

Least concern Rivers & lakes

Tunisia

Ballista

Balistidae (famille), ex. Balistes carolinensis

Brill

Red mullet

Mullus barbatus / Mullus surmuletus

Least concern Ocean & sea

Lemon shark

Negaprion brevirostris

Near threatened

Tunisia

Conger

Conger conger

Least concern Ocean & sea

Sole

Remora

Blennie

Blenniidae spp.

Least concern Ocean & sea

Tunisia

Hornet

Vespa crabro

Least concern Forest

Tunisia

Dragonfly

Ordre Odonata

Least concern Rivers & lakes

Tunisia

Old World Swallowtail

Papilio machaon

Least concern Mountain

Tunisia

Ant

Formicidae

Least concern Desert

Peacock butterfly

Aglais io

Least concern Forest

Tunisia

Wasp

Vespula vulgaris / Vespula germanica (guêpe commune)

Least concern Forest

Bumblebee

Bombus sp.

Least concern Forest

Tunisia

Common Blue

Polyommatus spp. / Lycaenidae

Least concern Mountain

Tunisia

Copper

Lycaena tityrus / Lycaena phlaeas (groupe des Cuivrés)

Least concern Steppe

Tunisia

Silk Moth

Bombyx mori

Least concern Farmland & grasslands

Tunisia

Cricket

Gryllidae (famille), ex. Acheta domesticus

Least concern Steppe

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