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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Himalayan Tahr

Hemitragus jemlahicus

Near threatened Mountain

Musk Deer

Moschus moschiferus

Vulnerable Forest

Japanese spider crab

Macrocheira kaempferi

Data deficient Ocean & sea

Tunisia

Sand Cat

Felis margarita

Least concern Desert

Resplendent Quetzal

Pharomachrus mocinno

Near threatened Tropical forest

Maned wolf

Chrysocyon brachyurus

Near threatened Savanna

Tunisia

Sea sponge

Porifera (phylum)

Data deficient Ocean & sea

Tunisia

Sea Cucumber

Holothuroidea (classe)

Data deficient Ocean & sea

African Civet

Civettictis civetta

Least concern Savanna

Tunisia

Doodlebug

Melolontha melolontha

Least concern Forest

Tsetse fly

Glossina spp.

Least concern Savanna

Glowworm

Lampyris noctiluca

Data deficient Forest

Queen Conch

Lobatus gigas (syn. Strombus gigas)

Vulnerable Ocean & sea

Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake

Crotalus adamanteus

Least concern Forest

Goblin shark

Mitsukurina owstoni

Least concern Ocean & sea

Mudskipper

Periophthalmus spp.

Least concern Ocean & sea

Lyrebird

Menura novaehollandiae

Least concern Forest

Cacomistle

Bassariscus sumichrasti

Least concern Tropical forest

Galápagos Marine Iguana

Amblyrhynchus cristatus

Vulnerable Ocean & sea

Hydra

Hydra sp.

Data deficient Rivers & lakes

Hellbender

Cryptobranchus alleganiensis

Near threatened Rivers & lakes

Giant Millipede

Archispirostreptus gigas

Data deficient Forest

Anglerfish

Data deficient Ocean & sea

Common Guillemot

Uria aalge

Least concern Ocean & sea

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