Animal encyclopedia: all species

Explore the 620 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

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Spotted-tailed Quoll

Dasyurus maculatus

Near threatened Forest

Tunisia

Cockle

Cerastoderma edule

Least concern Ocean & sea

Gila monster

Heloderma suspectum

Near threatened Desert

Tunisia

Rotifer

Rotifera (phylum)

Data deficient Ocean & sea

Tunisia

Siphonophore

Siphonophorae

Data deficient Ocean & sea

Giant Otter

Pteronura brasiliensis

Endangered Tropical forest

Tunisia

Onager

Equus hemionus

Near threatened Desert

Great Scallop

Pecten maximus

Least concern Ocean & sea

Pronghorn

Least concern Desert

Elk

Cervus canadensis

Least concern Forest

Numbat

Myrmecobius fasciatus

Endangered Forest

Aardvark

Orycteropus afer

Least concern Savanna

Nautilus

Nautilus pompilius

Vulnerable Ocean & sea

Tunisia

Bug

Heteroptera (ordre partiel des Hémiptères)

Least concern Forest

Tunisia

Longhorn Beetle

Cerambycidae (ex. Cerambyx cerdo)

Least concern Forest

Tunisia

Ground beetle

Carabus spp.

Least concern Forest

Tunisia

Tardigrade

Tardigrada (embranchement)

Data deficient Forest

Tunisia

Sea urchin

Echinoidea (classe) ; ex. Paracentrotus lividus

Least concern Ocean & sea

Coconut Crab

Birgus latro

Vulnerable Tropical forest

Babiroussa

Babyrousa babyrussa

Vulnerable Tropical forest

Tunisia

Clam

Least concern Ocean & sea

Tunisia

Mussel

Mytilus edulis / Mytilus galloprovincialis

Least concern

Arctic Tern

Sterna paradisaea

Least concern Ocean & sea

Japanese Giant Salamander

Andrias japonicus

Near threatened Forest

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