Animals in Tunisia
10 mammal species are recorded in Tunisia in this dataset, 3 of them in a threatened Red List category. Tunisia sits in Africa, where 267 species are recorded in total. Every species below is listed because the range description of its IUCN Red List assessment names Tunisia.
They belong to 7 families, the best represented being Bovidae (3), Ctenodactylidae (2), Canidae (1). By Red List category: 1 Critically Endangered, 1 Endangered, 1 Vulnerable, 1 Near Threatened, 5 Least Concern, 1 Data Deficient.
These counts come from the text of each assessment rather than from an official country checklist, so a species whose assessment names a region without naming Tunisia is missing here, and a wide-ranging animal is counted in every country it crosses. All 10 of them have a full written profile.
- Species recorded
- 10
- Threatened
- 3
- Continent
- Africa
- Data updated
- August 9, 2026
Conservation status in Tunisia
The most threatened species in Tunisia
3 of the 3 species recorded here that the IUCN Red List places in a threatened category — Vulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered.
The families found in Tunisia
- Bovidae 3
- Ctenodactylidae 2
- Canidae 1
- Hystricidae 1
- Muridae 1
- Mustelidae 1
- Viverridae 1
Every species recorded in Tunisia
All 10 of them, written profiles first.

Addax
Addax nasomaculatus
Critically Endangered
Aoudad
Ammotragus lervia
Vulnerable
Scimitar-horned Oryx
Oryx dammah
Endangered
Common Genet
Genetta genetta
Least Concern
Crested Porcupine
Hystrix cristata
Least Concern
Eurasian Otter
Lutra lutra
Near Threatened
Fennec Fox
Vulpes zerda
Least Concern
Long-tailed Field Mouse
Apodemus sylvaticus
Least Concern
North African Gundi
Ctenodactylus gundi
Least Concern
Val's Gundi
Ctenodactylus vali
Data Deficient
Where to go from Tunisia
The countries in Africa that share the most species with Tunisia, by number of species recorded in both.
Species data from the IUCN Red List; countries are derived from the range description of each assessment. Last refreshed on August 9, 2026.
