🇱🇾Animals recorded in Libya

Which animals have been recorded in Libya? 936 occurrence records cover 238 species. The most-recorded are listed below, with what the record pattern says about each one. 359 is the most-recorded animal class; the leading species records include Lesser Egyptian Gerbil, Human Flea, Lataste's Gerbil.

• 936 records
• 238 species
• 22 classes

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The most-recorded species in this dataset include Lesser Egyptian Gerbil, Human Flea, Lataste's Gerbil. Use the country list as evidence of recorded wildlife, then open a species to compare its records across other countries and months. It is not a complete habitat or population census.

Most-recorded animals in Libya

	Animal	Group	Records
	Lesser Egyptian Gerbil Gerbillus gerbillus	Mammalia Muridae	49
	Human Flea Pulex irritans	Insecta Pulicidae	48
	Lataste's Gerbil Gerbillus latastei	Mammalia Muridae	46
	Large North African Gerbil Dipodillus campestris	Mammalia Muridae	41
	lesser Egyptian jerboa Jaculus jaculus	Mammalia Dipodidae	34
	Tarabul's Gerbil Gerbillus tarabuli	Mammalia Muridae	30
	Anderson's Gerbil Gerbillus andersoni	Mammalia Muridae	25
	Vivacious Gerbil Gerbillus vivax	Mammalia Muridae	23
	house mouse Mus musculus	Mammalia Muridae	22
	Green Toad Bufotes viridis	Amphibia Bufonidae	19
	Allosergestes sargassi	Malacostraca Sergestidae	13
	Parasergestes vigilax	Malacostraca Sergestidae	12
	Deosergestes henseni	Malacostraca Sergestidae	11
	hairy prawn Funchalia villosa	Malacostraca Penaeidae	11
	Arctic red prawn Eusergestes arcticus	Malacostraca Sergestidae	11
	Vanadis formosa	Polychaeta Phyllodocidae	10
	graceful blunt-tail prawn Gennadas elegans	Malacostraca Benthesicymidae	9
	Shaw's Jird Meriones shawi	Mammalia Muridae	9
	Diaphorina lycii	Insecta Liviidae	8
	Jewel enope squid Pyroteuthis margaritifera	Cephalopoda Pyroteuthidae	8
	Comb-finned squid Chtenopteryx sicula	Cephalopoda Chtenopterygidae	8
	Naiades cantrainii	Polychaeta Phyllodocidae	7
	Laonice bahusiensis	Polychaeta Spionidae	7
	Common Clubhook Squid Onychoteuthis banksii	Cephalopoda Onychoteuthidae	7
	Libyan Jird Meriones libycus	Mammalia Muridae	7
	Dacus longistylus	Insecta Tephritidae	6
	spiny pelagic deep-sea shrimp Acanthephyra pelagica	Malacostraca Acanthephyridae	6
	common tortoise Testudo graeca	Testudines Testudinidae	6
	Odd bobtail squid Heteroteuthis dispar	Cephalopoda Sepiolidae	6
	strong prawn Robustosergia robusta	Malacostraca Sergestidae	6
	Xenopsylla ramesis	Insecta Pulicidae	5
	Lopadorrhynchus brevis	Polychaeta Lopadorrhynchidae	5
	Torrea candida	Polychaeta Phyllodocidae	5
	House Sparrow Passer domesticus	Aves Passeridae	5
	Abraliopsis morisii	Cephalopoda Enoploteuthidae	5
	Greater Egyptian Jerboa Jaculus orientalis	Mammalia Dipodidae	5
	Cellar spider Artema atlanta	Arachnida Pholcidae	4
	Hyssura ligurica	Malacostraca Hyssuridae	4
	Moorish Gecko Tarentola mauritanica	Squamata Phyllodactylidae	4
	Aricidea aberrans	Polychaeta Paraonidae	4
	Plague Flea Xenopsylla cheopis	Insecta Pulicidae	3
	Yellow-veined Skimmer Orthetrum nitidinerve	Insecta Libellulidae	3
	Streptocephalus rubricaudatus	Branchiopoda Streptocephalidae	3
	Pink Glass Shrimp Pasiphaea multidentata	Malacostraca Pasiphaeidae	3
	White Snail Theba pisana	Gastropoda Helicidae	3
	Uriopha ios	Ophiuroidea Ophiuridae	3
	Vanadis crystallina	Polychaeta Phyllodocidae	3
	Club Worm Notomastus latericeus	Polychaeta Capitellidae	3
	Amaeana trilobata	Polychaeta Terebellidae	3
	Mediterranean Toothcarp Aphanius fasciatus	— Cyprinodontidae	3
	Egyptian tortoise Testudo kleinmanni	Testudines Testudinidae	3
	Alexandrian Shrew Crocidura aleksandrisi	Mammalia Soricidae	3
	Crested Lark Galerida cristata	Aves Alaudidae	3
	Large Striped Swordtail Graphium antheus	Insecta Papilionidae	3
	Fat Sand Rat Psammomys obesus	Mammalia Muridae	3
	Sahara Sand Viper Cerastes vipera	Squamata Viperidae	3
	Anderson's Short-fingered Gecko Stenodactylus petrii	Squamata Gekkonidae	3
	Pallid Swift Apus pallidus	Aves Apodidae	3
	Hexapleomera satella	Malacostraca Tanaididae	3
	Nidua Fringe-fingered Lizard Acanthodactylus scutellatus	Squamata Lacertidae	3