List of national animals

This is a list of national animals:

National

Country National animal Pictures
 Åland Islands Red Deer
 Afghanistan Snow Leopard
 Albania Golden Eagle[1][2] (primary national symbol)
 Algeria Fennec Fox
 Angola Magnificent Frigatebird
 Anguilla Zenaida Dove [3]
 Antigua and Barbuda Fallow Deer (national animal)[4]
Frigate (national bird)[4]
Hawksbill turtle (national sea creature)[4]
 Argentina Cougar
Monk Parakeet
Hornero
 Armenia Eagle
Dragon
 Australia Kangaroo[5]
Emu
Koala (unofficial)[6]
 Austria Black Eagle
 Bahamas Blue Marlin
Flamingo
 Bangladesh Royal Bengal Tiger (national animal)[7]
Oriental Magpie Robin (national bird)
Hilsa (national fish)
Ganges River Dolphin (national mammal)
 Belarus Wisent
White Stork
 Belgium Lion
 Belize Baird's Tapir[8]
 Bermuda Humpback Whale
 Bhutan Druk
Takin
 Bolivia Alpaca
Andean Condor
 Botswana Zebra
 Brazil Macaw
Jaguar
Rufous-bellied Thrush
 Bulgaria Lion
 Cambodia Kouprey[9]
 Canada Beaver[10]
Canadian Horse[11]
 Chile Andean Condor
Huemul
 People's Republic of China Chinese Dragon
Crane, more specifically the Red-crowned Crane
Golden Pheasant (unofficial)
Giant Panda
 Colombia Condor
 Democratic Republic of the Congo Okapi
 Costa Rica Clay-colored Thrush
White-tailed Deer
 Côte d'Ivoire African Elephant
 Croatia Dalmatian
 Cuba Tocororo[12][13]
 Cyprus Cypriot Mouflon[14]
 Denmark Mute Swan
 Dominican Republic Palmchat
Ashy-faced Owl
Hispaniolan Amazon
 Timor-Leste Crocodile
 Ecuador Andean Condor
 El Salvador Turquoise-browed Motmot
 Eritrea Camel
Lion (national animal)
 Estonia Barn Swallow
 Ethiopia Donkey
Lion
 Faroe Islands Faroes (sheep)
 Finland Brown Bear
Whooper Swan (national bird)
European perch (national fish)
 France Gallic Rooster(unofficial)[15]
 Gambia Hyena
 Germany Black Eagle
 Gibraltar Barbary Macaque
 Greece Dolphin
Phoenix
 Greenland Polar Bear
 Grenada Grenada Dove
 Guatemala Quetzal
 Guernsey Guernsey cow
 Guyana Canje Pheasant
Jaguar
 Haiti Hispaniolan Trogon
 Honduras White-tailed Deer[16]
 Hungary Turul
 Iceland Falcon
 India Bengal Tiger (national animal)[17]
Indian Peacock (national bird)
King Cobra (national reptile)
Gray Langur (national icon)
Gangetic dolphin (national marine animal)
Indian Elephant (national heritage animal)[18]
 Indonesia Komodo Dragon (national animal) [19]
Asian arowana (national fish)
Javan Hawk-eagle (national bird)
Garuda (national symbol)
 Iran Asiatic Cheetah
Persian Leopard
Persian fallow deer
 Ireland Irish wolfhound
Stag (Red Deer (Cervus elaphus))
Lapwing (national bird)
 Isle of Man Manx
 Israel Israeli Gazelle (national animal)
Hoopoe (national bird)
 Italy Italian Wolf
 Jamaica Doctor-Bird (national bird)[20]
 Japan Green Pheasant
Koi
Raccoon Dog
Red-crowned Crane
 Jordan Oryx
 Kenya Cheetah
African Elephant
 Kiribati Magnificent Frigatebird
 Kuwait Camel
 Laos Indian Elephant
 Latvia White Wagtail
 Lebanon Striped Hyena
 Lesotho Black Rhinoceros
 Liberia Lion
 Libya Barbary lion
 Lithuania White Stork[21]
 Luxembourg Lion
 Macedonia Lion (in Macedonian heraldry)[22]
Šarplaninec
Lynx[23]
Ohrid Trout
 Madagascar Ring Tailed Lemur
 Malawi Bar-tailed Trogon
Thomson's Gazelle
 Malaysia Malayan Tiger (national animal)[24]
Rhinoceros Hornbill (national bird)
 Maldives Yellow-fin Tuna
 Malta Blue Rock Thrush
Kelb tal-Fenek (the Pharaoh Hound)
 Mauritius Dodo
 Mexico Golden Eagle (national bird/icon)
Xoloitzcuintli (national animal)
Grasshopper (national arthropod)
Chihuahua (national dog)
Jaguar (national mammal)
Vaquita (national marine mammal)
Green turtle (national reptile)
 Moldova Aurochs
 Monaco European Hedgehog
European Rabbit
Wood Mouse
 Morocco Barbary lion
 Myanmar Tiger
 Namibia Oryx
 Nauru Great Frigatebird
 Nepal Cow[25]
 Netherlands Lion
 New Caledonia Kagu
 New Zealand Kiwi[26]
 Nicaragua Turquoise-browed Motmot
 Nigeria Eagle
 North Korea Chollima
 Norway Elk (Called "Moose" in the Americas)
 Pakistan Markhor[27] (national animal)
Chukar[27] (national bird)
Indus River dolphin (national aquatic marine mammal)
Mugger Crocodile (national reptile)
Mahasher (national fish)
Bufo stomaticus (national amphibian)
 Palestinian territories Palestine Sunbird
 Panama Harpy Eagle
 Papua New Guinea Dugong (national marine mammal)[28]
Birds of Paradise
 Paraguay Pampas Fox
 Peru Vicuña (national animal)
Andean cock-of-the-rock (national bird)
 Philippines Carabao (national animal)
Philippine Eagle (national bird)
Bangus (national fish)
 Poland Bielik Eagle
 Portugal Barcelos Cock
Iberian Wolf
 Puerto Rico Coquí
 Qatar Oryx[29]
 Romania Lynx
 Russia Russian Bear
Double-headed Eagle
 Rwanda African Leopard
 Saint Kitts and Nevis Vervet Monkey
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines St Vincent Parrot
 Saudi Arabia Arabian horse
Arabian Wolf
Arabian Red Fox
Camel
 Serbia White Eagle
Falcon
Wolf
 Seychelles Striped Dolphin
 Singapore Merlion
Crimson Sunbird
Peacock bass
 Slovenia Lipizzaner
Proteus
Lynx
Alpine Ibex
 Somalia Leopard
 South Africa Springbok[30]
African Elephant
Blue Crane
 South Korea Tiger
 South Sudan African Fish Eagle
 Spain Bull
Spanish Imperial Eagle
 Sri Lanka Jungle Fowl (national bird) [31]
Troides darsius (national butterfly)
 Sudan Secretarybird
 Swaziland Thomson's Gazelle
 Sweden Lion
Elk
Dalecarlian horse
 Taiwan Formosan Black Bear
Formosan Blue Magpie
 Tanzania Giraffe[32]
 Thailand Thai Elephant
 Togo Hippopotamus
 Trinidad and Tobago Scarlet Ibis
Rufous-vented Chachalaca
 Turkey Grey Wolf
 Uganda Grey Crowned Crane
 United Arab Emirates Peregrine Falcon
 United Kingdom Lion (England)
European Robin
Red Deer
Mute Swan
Red Fox
Unicorn (Scotland)
Bulldog
Welsh Harlequin Duck (Wales)
Red Kite (Wales)
Y Ddraig Goch (Welsh Dragon) (Wales)
 United States Bald Eagle[33][34]
 Uruguay Rufous Hornero
 Venezuela Turpial
 Vietnam Tiger
Water Buffalo
Dragon
 Zambia African Fish Eagle
 Zimbabwe Sable Antelope

See also

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