Animal encyclopedia: all species

Explore the 35 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 131 Reptiles 62 Amphibians 13 Fish 28 Insects 55 Arachnids 11 Crustaceans 2

HABITAT

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

35 species Starfish (Echinoderms) Bivalves Chondrichthyans Arachnids Chondrichthyans

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Tunisia

Deathstalker scorpion

Androctonus australis

Not evaluated Desert

Tiger shark

Galeocerdo cuvier

Near threatened

Giant manta ray

Mobula birostris

Endangered Ocean & sea

Goliath birdeater

Theraphosa blondi

Not evaluated Tropical forest

Tunisia

Mako shark

Isurus oxyrinchus

Endangered Ocean & sea

Basking shark

Cetorhinus maximus

Endangered Ocean & sea

Tunisia

Sawfish

Critically endangered Ocean & sea

Tunisia

Stingray

Dasyatis pastinaca (et autres espèces de la famille Dasyatidae)

Near threatened Ocean & sea

Tunisia

Torpedo ray

Torpedo torpedo / Torpedo marmorata (famille Torpedinidae)

Least concern Ocean & sea

Tunisia

thresher shark

Alopias vulpinus

Vulnerable Ocean & sea

Nurse shark

Ginglymostoma cirratum

Vulnerable Ocean & sea

Tunisia

Guitar Shark

Critically endangered

Lemon shark

Negaprion brevirostris

Hammerhead shark

eagle ray

Myliobatis aquila

Endangered Ocean & sea

Tunisia

Spider

Araneae

Least concern Desert

Tunisia

Wolf Spider

Lycosa tarantula (Lycosidae)

Least concern Desert

Tarantula

Data deficient Desert

Tunisia

Crab Spider

Thomisidae (ex. Misumena vatia)

Least concern Forest

Tunisia

Tellin

Donax trunculus

Least concern Ocean & sea

Tunisia

Tick

Ixodida (ordre), ex. Ixodes ricinus

Least concern Forest

Tunisia

Oyster

Ostrea edulis / Crassostrea gigas

Least concern Ocean & sea

Tunisia

Cockle

Cerastoderma edule

Least concern Ocean & sea

Tunisia

Starfish

Least concern

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