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This is a list of national animals.

National animals

Country of animal Scientific name Pictures Ref.

Afghanistan Snow leopard Panthera uncia [1]

Angola -crested turaco (national ) Tauraco erythrolophus [2]

Anguilla Zenaida dove Zenaida aurita [3]

Fallow deer (national animal) Dama dama [4]

Antigua and Barbuda Frigate (national bird) Fregata magnificens [4]

Hawksbill turtle (national sea creature) Eretmochelys imbricata [4]

Algeria Fennec fox Vulpes zerda [5]

Argentina Rufous hornero Furnarius rufus [6]

Red kangaroo (national animal) Macropus rufus [7]

Australia

Emu (national bird) Dromaius novaehollandiae [8]

Azerbaijan Karabakh horse Equus ferus caballus [9]

Royal tiger (national animal) Panthera tigris tigris [10]

[10] Magpie robin (national bird) Copsychus saularis

Ilish (national fish) Tenualosa ilisha [10]

Belarus European bison Bison bonasus [11]

Belize Baird's tapir Tapirus bairdii [11][12]

Belgium Lion (heraldic ) Panthera leo [13]

Druk Mythical [14]

Bhutan

Takin Budorcas taxicolor [15]

Cambodia Kouprey Bos sauveli [16]

North American beaver (national animal) Castor canadensis [17][18]

Canada

Canadian horse (national horse) Equus ferus caballus [18]

Democratic Republic of Okapi Okapia johnstoni [11] the Congo

Colombia Andean condor Vultur gryphus [19]

Yigüirro (national bird) Turdus grayi [20]

Costa Rica

White-Tailed Deer (national animal) Odocoileus virginianus [21]

West Indian manatee (national aquatic animal) Trichechus manatus [22]

Croatia Pine marten Martes martes [23][24]

Cuba Cuban trogon Priotelus temnurus [25][26]

Cyprus Cypriot mouflon Ovis orientalis [27]

Czech Republic Double-tailed lion Mythical [28]

Mute swan (national bird) Cygnus olor [29]

Denmark

Small tortoiseshell (national butterfly) Aglais urticae [29]

Egypt Steppe Aquila nipalensis [30]

Estonia (national bird) Hirundo rustica [31]

Ethiopia Lion Panthera leo [32]

Brown bear (national animal) Ursus arctos [33]

Finland

Whooper swan (national bird) Cygnus cygnus [34]

Faroe Islands Eurasian oystercatcher (national bird) Haematopus ostralgus [35]

France Gallus gallus domesticus [36]

Greece Dolphins Delphinus [37]

Guatemala Quetzal Pharomachrus mocinno [38]

Honduras White-tailed deer Odocoileus virginianus [39]

Mythical (most probably Falco Turul cherrug) [40]

Iceland Gyrfalcon Falco rusticolus [41]

Bengal tiger (national animal) Panthera tigris tigris [42]

Indian Peacock (national bird) Pavo cristatus [43]

India

King cobra (national reptile) Ophiophagus hannah [44]

Ganges river dolphin (national aquatic animal) Platanista gangetica [45]

Indian elephant (national heritage animal) Elephas maximus indicus [46]

Komodo (national animal) Varanus komodoensis [47]

Indonesia

Garuda (historic national animal) Mythical [48]

Iran Mugger crocodile Crocodylus palustris [49]

Golden eagle Aquila chrysaetos [50]

Iraq

Goat Capra aegagrus [51] ( KRG)

Israel Hoopoe (national bird) Upupa epops [49]

Jamaica Red-billed streamertail Trochilus polytmus [52]

Green pheasant (national bird) Phasianus versicolor [53]

Japan

Carp (national fish) Cyprinus carpio [54]

White wagtail (national bird) Motacilla alba [55][56]

Latvia

Two-spotted Ladybird (national insect) Adalia bipunctata [56]

Lithuania White stork Ciconia ciconia [57]

Macedonia Lion (in Macedonian ) Panthera leo [58]

Malaysia (national animal) Panthera tigris jacksoni [59]

Moldova Aurochs (national animal) Bos primigenius [60]

Mauritius Dodo Raphus cucullatus [11][61][62]

Mexico Xoloitzcuintli (national dog) Canis lupus familiaris [63]

Cow (national animal) Bos taurus indicus [64]

Nepal

Danphe (national bird) Lophophorus impejanus [65]

Lion (heraldic symbol) Panthera leo [66]

Netherlands

Black-tailed godwit (national bird) Limosa limosa [67]

New Zealand Kiwi Apteryx sp. [68]

North Chollima Mythical [69][70][71]

Lion (royal animal) Panthera leo [72]

Norway

White-throated dipper (national bird) Cinclus cinclus [73]

Fjord horse (national horse) Equus ferus caballus [74]

Oman Arabian oryx (national animal) Oryx leucoryx [75]

Markhor (national animal) Capra falconeri [11]

Pakistan

Chukar (national bird) Alectoris chukar [76]

Snow leopard (national heritage animal) Panthera uncia [77]

Panama Harpy eagle Harpia harpyja [11]

Papua New Dugong (national marine mammal) Dugong dugon [78]

Peru Vicuña (national animal) Vicugna vicugna [79]

Carabao (national animal) Bubalus bubalis [80]

Philippines

Philippine eagle (national bird) Pithecophaga jefferyi [81]

Qatar Arabian oryx Oryx leucoryx [82]

Romania Lynx Lynx lynx [83]

Rwanda Leopard Panthera pardus [84]

Siberian Tiger Panthera tigris altaica [85]

South Korea

Korean magpie (national bird) Pica (pica) sericea [85]

Spain Bull Bos taurus [86]

Saint Vincent and the St Vincent Amazona guildingii [87] Grenadines

Wolf Canis lupus lupus [88]

Serbia White eagle 'Mythical' [89]

Lynx Lynx lynx [90]

Somalia Leopard (national animal) Panthera pardus [91]

Springbok (national animal) Antidorcas marsupialis [92]

South Africa Blue crane (national bird)[92] Anthropoides paradiseus

Galjoen (national fish)[92] Dichistius capensis

Sri Lanka Sri Lankan junglefowl (national bird) Gallus lafayettii [93]

Tanzania Giraffe Giraffa camelopardalis [94][95][96]

Thailand Elephant Elephas maximus [97]

Turkey Grey wolf Canis lupus lupus [98][99]

Arabian oryx (national animal) Oryx leucoryx [100]

United Arab Emirates

Peregrine (national bird) Falco peregrinus [100]

Bulldog (Britain as "British Bulldog" and as Canis lupus familiaris [101] "English Bulldog")

Barbary lion (England) Panthera leo leo [102][103]

Mute swan (English, Celtic and Irish traditions) Cygnus olor [104][105]

United Kingdom

Red kite () Milvus milvus [106]

Unicorn (, Queen's Beast) Mythical [49][107][108][109][110]

Y Ddraig Goch ( Wales and Queen's Beast) Mythical [106][111]

Bald eagle (national animal and national bird) Haliaeetus leucocephalus [112][113]

United States

American bison (national mammal) Bison bison [114][115]

See also

State animal List of national Animals as heraldic charges National

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