List of national animals

This is a list of national animals.

National animals

Country Name of animal Scientific name Pictures Ref.
 AfghanistanSnow leopardPanthera uncia [1]
 Albania Golden eagle (primary national symbol) Aquila chrysaetos [2][3]
 Andorra Chamois (national animal) Rupicapra rupicapra pyrenaica
 Angola Red-crested turaco (national bird) Tauraco erythrolophus [4]
 Anguilla Zenaida dove Zenaida aurita [5]
 Antigua and Barbuda Fallow deer (national animal)Dama dama [6]
Frigate (national bird)Fregata magnificens [6]
Hawksbill turtle (national sea creature)Eretmochelys imbricata [6]
 Argentina Rufous hornero Furnarius rufus [7]
 Australia Red kangaroo (national animal)Macropus rufus [8]
Emu (national bird)Dromaius novaehollandiae [9]
 Bangladesh Royal Bengal tiger (national animal) Panthera tigris tigris [10]
 Belarus European bison Bison bonasus [11]
 Belize Baird's tapir Tapirus bairdii [11][12]
 Bhutan Druk Mythical [13]
Takin Budorcas taxicolor [14]
 Bolivia Andean condor Vultur gryphus [15]
 Brazil Macaw Ara Macao/Ara ararauna/Ara militaris [16]
 Cambodia Kouprey Bos sauveli [17]
 Canada North American beaver Castor canadensis [18][19]
Canadian horse Equus ferus caballus [19]
 Democratic Republic of the Congo Okapi Okapia johnstoni [20]
 Costa Rica West Indian manatee Trichechus manatus [21]
 Croatia Pine marten Martes martes [22][23]
 Cuba Cuban trogon Priotelus temnurus [24][25]
 Cyprus Cypriot mouflon Ovis orientalis [26]
 Czech Republic Double-tailed lion Mythical [27]
 Denmark Swan Swan [28]
 Faroe Islands Eurasian oystercatcher ("national bird")Haematopus ostralgus [29]
 Greece Phoenix Mythical [16][30]
 Honduras White-tailed deer Odocoileus virginianus [31]
 Hungary TurulMythical (most probably Falco cherrug) [32]
 Iceland Gyrfalcon Falco rusticolus [33]
 India Bengal tiger (national animal) Panthera tigris tigris [34]
Indian peafowl (national bird) Pavo cristatus [35]
King cobra (national reptile) Ophiophagus hannah [36]
Ganges river dolphin (national aquatic animal) Platanista gangetica [37]
Gray langur (national heritage mammal) Semnopithecus [37]
Indian elephant (national heritage animal) Elephas maximus indicus [38]
 Indonesia Komodo dragon (national animal) Varanus komodoensis [39]
Garuda (historic national animal)Mythical [40]
 Iran Mugger crocodile Crocodylus palustris [16]
 Israel Hoopoe (national bird) Upupa epops [16]
 Jamaica Red-billed streamertail Trochilus polytmus [41]
 Japan Green pheasant (natonal bird) Phasianus versicolor [42]
Carp (national fish) Cyprinus carpio [43]
 Lithuania White stork Ciconia ciconia [44]
 Macedonia Lion (in Macedonian heraldry) Panthera leo [45]
 Malaysia Malayan tiger (national animal) Panthera tigris jacksoni [46]
 Mauritius Dodo
Raphus cucullatus [11][47][48]
 Mexico Golden eagle (national animal/national bird) Aquila chrysaetos [49]
Xoloitzcuintli (national dog) Canis lupus familiaris
Grasshopper (national arthropod)
Jaguar (national mammal) Panthera onca
Vaquita (national marine mammal) Phocoena sinus
   Nepal CowBos taurus [50]
 Netherlands Lion (heraldic symbol)Panthera leo [51]
 New Zealand KiwiApteryx sp. [52]
 North Korea ChollimaMythical [53][54][55]
 Pakistan Markhor (national animal)Capra falconeri [11][56]
Chukar (national bird) Alectoris chukar [56]
Snow leopard (national heritage animal) Panthera uncia [57]
 Panama Harpy eagle Harpia harpyja [11]
 Papua New Guinea Dugong (national marine mammal) Dugong dugon [58]
 Peru Vicuña (national animal) Vicugna vicugna [59]
 Philippines Carabao (national animal) Bubalus bubalis [60]
Philippine eagle (national bird) Pithecophaga jefferyi [61]
 Portugal Rooster of BarcelosMythical [62]
 Qatar OryxOryx sp. [63]
 Romania Lynx Lynx lynx [64]
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines St Vincent parrot Amazona guildingii [65]
 Serbia Wolf Canis lupus lupus [66]
Lanner falcon Falco biarmicus [67]
Lynx Lynx lynx [68]
 Somalia Leopard (national animal) Panthera pardus [69]
 South Africa Springbok (national animal) Antidorcas marsupialis [70]
Blue crane (national bird)[70] Anthropoides paradiseus
Galjoen (national fish)[70] Dichistius capensis
 Sri Lanka Sri Lankan junglefowl (national bird) Gallus lafayettii [71]
 Tanzania Giraffe Giraffa camelopardalis [72][73][74]
 Turkey Grey wolf Canis lupus lupus [75][76]
 United Kingdom
Bulldog (Britain as "British Bulldog" and England as "English Bulldog") Canis lupus familiaris [77]
Mute swan (English, Celtic and Irish traditions) Cygnus olor [78][79]
Red kite (Wales) Milvus milvus [80]
Unicorn (Scotland, Queen's Beast") Mythical [16][81][82][83][84]
Y Ddraig Goch (Welsh Dragon Wales and Queen's Beast) Mythical [80][85]
 United States Bald eagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus [86][87]

See also

References

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