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Animals in Tunisia
Due to the range of its ecological attributes, Tunisia is host to a rich classification of insects and animals living in terrestrial geography, waterways and atmosphere. The Northern menagerie is comprised of a number of mammal species such as camels, coyotes, feral water buffalo, gazelle, jackals and wild boar.
In the Saharan South, over 30 reptiles and snake species like the horned viper and scorpions permeate the landscape. Giant Hermann's tortoise are far larger than the smaller freshwater tortoise pond terrapins seen elsewhere in Tunisia.
Small mammals also eek out subsistence: dormouse, fennec fox, gerbil, jerboa, large-eyed sand rats, lynx, red squirrels and polecats. Brown-necked ravens, coursers, desert warblers, desert sparrows, houbara bustard, larks and sandgrouse fly across the barren sky at sunup and sundown.
While fewer than in the Atlas Mountains of the Moroccan Maghreb, Mouflen, or wild sheep cross the rugged terrain of the mountainous region. The call of the southern grey shrikes and moussier's redstarts overhead offers a bird's eye view.
The marshland regions of Tunisia are resplendent with aviary species. Audouin's gulls, black-necked grebes, caspian, egrets, gull-billed terns, herons, white storks, spoonbills, greater flamingoes, greylag geese, waders and white-headed ducks create a feathered kaleidoscope across the untainted sky.
There are also birds of prey such as black-shouldered kites, long- legged buzzards, marsh and hen harriers and olike spreys.
Beware of insects: flies and biting insects. Malaria-carrying mosquitoes are still present.
Click here for a list of endangered animals in Tunisia.
Even-toed ungulates in Tunisia
Addax Common hartebeest Aoudad Wild boar Sahara oryx Cuvier's gazelle Addra gazelle Dorcas gazelle Rhim gazelle ElkCarnivores in Tunisia
Cross fox Cheetah Serval Fennec fox Common otter Egyptian mongoose Saharan striped polecat Common genet Mediterranean monk seal Asiatic jackal African caracal Wild cat African lion Leopard Striped hyaenaDolphins, porpoises, and whales in Tunisia
Bottle-nosed dolphin Common rorqual Killer whale Atlantic dolphin Pygmy killer whale Long-finned pilot whale Rough-toothed dolphinBats in Tunisia
Trident bat Long-fingered bat Geoffroy's bat Egyptian slit-faced bat Serotine Kuhl's pipistrelle Common pipistrelle Rüppel's pipistrelle Canary big-eared bat Blasius's horseshoe bat Mediterranean horseshoe bat Greater horseshoe bat Lesser horseshoe bat Mehely's horseshoe bat Lesser mouse-tailed bat Greater mouse-tailed batHares, pikas, and rabbits in Tunisia
Cape hareElephant-shrews in Tunisia
North african elephant shrewRodents in Tunisia
Lesser egyptian jerboa Greater egyptian jerboa Barbary lemniscomys Libyan jird Long-tailed field mouse Algerian mouse Gundi Asian garden dormouse Fat-tailed gerbil Anderson's gerbil Lesser egyptian gerbil Fat sand rat Pygmy gerbil Thin sand rat James's gerbil Lataste's gerbil Baluchistan gerbil Lesser short-tailed gerbil Tarabul's gerbil Shaw's jird Crested porcupine
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