Animal encyclopedia: all species

Explore the 84 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 114 Reptiles 51 Amphibians 7 Fish 27 Insects 46 Arachnids 3 Crustaceans 1

HABITAT

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

IUCN STATUS

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

REGION

Present in Tunisia

84 species mollusques Chondrichthyans Reptiles Fish

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Mediterranean chameleon

Chamaeleo chamaeleon

Least concern Forest

Tunisia

Desert horned viper

Cerastes cerastes

Least concern Desert

Goldfish

Carassius auratus

Least concern Rivers & lakes

Gaboon viper

Bitis gabonica

Least concern Savanna

Giant manta ray

Mobula birostris

Endangered Ocean & sea

Perentie

Varanus giganteus

Least concern Desert

Tunisia

Atlantic bluefin tuna

Thunnus thynnus

Least concern Ocean & sea

Komodo dragon

Varanus komodoensis

Endangered Savanna

Tunisia

Egyptian cobra

Naja haje

Least concern Desert

King cobra

Ophiophagus hannah

Vulnerable Tropical forest

Taipan

Oxyuranus scutellatus

Least concern Savanna

Great white shark

Carcharodon carcharias

Vulnerable Ocean & sea

Guppy

Poecilia reticulata

Least concern Rivers & lakes

Tunisia

Greek tortoise

Testudo graeca

Vulnerable Desert

Tunisia

Swordfish

Xiphias gladius

Near threatened Ocean & sea

Clownfish

Amphiprion ocellaris

Least concern Ocean & sea

Tunisia

Desert monitor

Varanus griseus

Least concern Desert

Siamese fighting fish

Betta splendens

Vulnerable Rivers & lakes

Common octopus

Octopus vulgaris

Least concern Ocean & sea

Basil

Basiliscus sp.

Least concern Tropical forest

Tunisia

Torpedo ray

Torpedo torpedo / Torpedo marmorata (famille Torpedinidae)

Least concern Ocean & sea

White-lipped pit viper

Trimeresurus albolabris

Least concern Tropical forest

Whale shark

Rhincodon typus

Endangered Ocean & sea

Marlin

Makaira nigricans

Vulnerable

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