Animal encyclopedia: all species

Explore the 24 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 168 Birds 113 Reptiles 51 Amphibians 7 Fish 27 Insects 15 Arachnids 3 Crustaceans 1

HABITAT

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

24 species Insects Cephalopods Chondrichthyans

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Tunisia

Honey bee

Apis mellifera

Data deficient Forest

Tiger shark

Galeocerdo cuvier

Near threatened

Monarch butterfly

Danaus plexippus

Least concern Forest

Tunisia

Mako shark

Isurus oxyrinchus

Endangered Ocean & sea

Basking shark

Cetorhinus maximus

Endangered Ocean & sea

Tunisia

thresher shark

Alopias vulpinus

Vulnerable Ocean & sea

Tunisia

Seven-spot ladybird

Coccinella septempunctata

Least concern Forest

Tunisia

Praying mantis

Mantis religiosa

Hammerhead shark

Desert locust

Schistocerca gregaria

Not evaluated Desert

Day octopus

Octopus cyanea

Data deficient Ocean & sea

Tunisia

Sawfish

Critically endangered Ocean & sea

Tunisia

Guitar Shark

Critically endangered

Tunisia

eagle ray

Myliobatis aquila

Endangered Ocean & sea

Peacock butterfly

Aglais io

Least concern Forest

Tunisia

Old World Swallowtail

Papilio machaon

Least concern Mountain

Morpho

Morpho spp.

Data deficient Tropical forest

Tunisia

Silk Moth

Bombyx mori

Least concern Farmland & grasslands

Tunisia

Cabbage White

Pieris sp.

Least concern Steppe

Tunisia

Common Blue

Polyommatus spp. / Lycaenidae

Least concern Mountain

Tunisia

Copper

Lycaena tityrus / Lycaena phlaeas (groupe des Cuivrés)

Least concern Steppe

Tunisia

Red Admiral

Vanessa atalanta

Least concern Forest

Tunisia

Ant

Formicidae

Least concern Desert

Tunisia

Brimstone

Gonepteryx rhamni

Least concern Forest

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