List of national animals
Appearance
A national animal is an animal that is the symbol or emblem of a country.
National animals
[change | change source]Country | Name of animal | Scientific name | Pictures | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|
Afghanistan | Snow leopard | Panthera uncia | [1] | |
Abyssinian Cat | (a breed of) Felis catus |
[2] | ||
Algeria | Fennec fox | Vulpes zerda | [3] | |
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] | ||
Austria | Austrian Bundesadler (heraldic "Federal Eagle") | Mythical | [10] | |
Barn swallow (national bird) | Hirundo rustica | [11] | ||
Azerbaijan | Karabakh horse | (a breed of) Equus ferus caballus |
[12] | |
Bangladesh | Royal Bengal tiger (national animal) | Panthera tigris tigris | [13] | |
Magpie robin (national bird) | Copsychus saularis | [13] | ||
Ilish (national fish) | Tenualosa ilisha | [13] | ||
Belarus | European bison | Bison bonasus | [14] | |
Belgium | Leo Belgicus (heraldic "Belgic lion") | Mythical | [15] | |
Belize | Baird's tapir (national animal) | Tapirus bairdii | [14][16] | |
Keel-billed toucan (national bird) | Ramphastos sulfuratus | [17] | ||
Bhutan | Druk | Mythical | [18] | |
Takin | Budorcas taxicolor | [19] | ||
Brazil | Rufous-bellied thrush (national bird) | Turdus rufiventris | [20] | |
Cambodia | Kouprey | Bos sauveli | [21] | |
Canada | North American beaver (national animal) | Castor canadensis | [22][23] | |
Canadian horse (national horse) | (a breed of) Equus ferus caballus |
[23] | ||
China | Chinese dragon (national animal) | Mythical | [24] | |
Giant panda (national animal) | Ailuropoda melanoleuca | [25] | ||
Red-crowned crane (national bird) | Grus japonensis | [26] | ||
Democratic Republic of the Congo | Okapi | Okapia johnstoni | [14] | |
Colombia | Andean condor | Vultur gryphus | [27] | |
Costa Rica | Yigüirro (national bird) | Turdus grayi | [28] | |
White-tailed deer (national animal) | Odocoileus virginianus | [29] | ||
West Indian manatee (national aquatic animal) | Trichechus manatus | [30] | ||
Croatia | Pine marten | Martes martes | [31][32] | |
Cuba | Cuban trogon | Priotelus temnurus | [33][34] | |
Cyprus | Cypriot mouflon | Ovis orientalis | [35] | |
Czech Republic | Double-tailed lion | Mythical | [36] | |
Denmark | Mute swan (national bird) | Cygnus olor | [37] | |
Small tortoiseshell (national butterfly) | Aglais urticae | [37] | ||
East Turkestan | Wild Bactrian camel | Camelus ferus | ||
Egypt | Steppe eagle | Aquila nipalensis | [38] | |
Estonia | Wolf | Canis lupus | [39] | |
Eritrea | Arabian camel | Camelus dromedarius | [40] | |
Ethiopia | Lion | Panthera leo | [41][42] | |
Faroe Islands | Eurasian oystercatcher (national bird) | Haematopus ostralgus | [43] | |
Finland | Brown bear (national animal) | Ursus arctos | [44] | |
Whooper swan (national bird) | Cygnus cygnus | [45] | ||
Holly blue (national butterfly) | Celastrina argiolus | [46] | ||
European perch (national fish) | Perca fluviatilis | [47] | ||
Seven-spot ladybird (national insect) | Coccinella septempunctata | [47] | ||
France | Gallic rooster | (a breed of) Gallus gallus domesticus |
[48] | |
Gabon | Black panther | (a variant of) Panthera pardus |
[49] | |
Gambia | Lion | Panthera leo | [11] | |
Germany | Bundesadler (heraldic "Federal Eagle") | Mythical | [11][50] | |
Greece | Phoenix (national bird) | Mythical | [51] | |
Dolphin (national animal) | Delphinus | [51] | ||
Guatemala | Quetzal | Pharomachrus mocinno | [52] | |
Haiti | Hispaniolan trogon | Priotelus roseigaster | [53] | |
Honduras | White-tailed deer | Odocoileus virginianus | [54] | |
Hungary | Turul | Mythical (most probably Falco cherrug) | [55] | |
Iceland | Gyrfalcon | Falco rusticolus | [56] | |
India | Tiger (national animal) | Panthera tigris | [57] | |
Indian peacock (national bird) | Pavo cristatus | [58] | ||
King cobra (national reptile) | Ophiophagus hannah | [59] | ||
Ganges river dolphin (national aquatic animal) | Platanista gangetica gangetica | [60] | ||
Indian elephant (national heritage animal) | Elephas maximus indicus | [61] | ||
Indonesia | Komodo dragon (national animal) | Varanus komodoensis | [62] | |
Garuda (historic national animal) | Mythical | [63] | ||
Iran | Persian lion | Panthera leo persica | [64] | |
Iraq | Iraqi Eagle | Aquila chrysaetos | [65] | |
Israel | Hoopoe (national bird) | Upupa epops | [64] | |
Jamaica | Red-billed streamertail | Trochilus polytmus | [66] | |
Japan | Green pheasant (national bird) | Phasianus versicolor | [67] | |
Carp (national fish) | Cyprinus carpio | [68] | ||
Kenya | Lion | Panthera leo | [41] | |
Latvia | White wagtail (national bird) | Motacilla alba | [69][70] | |
Two-spotted ladybird (national insect) | Adalia bipunctata | [70] | ||
Libya | Lion | Panthera leo | [41] | |
Lithuania | White stork | Ciconia ciconia | [71] | |
Luxembourg | Lion | Panthera leo | [41] | |
North Macedonia | Lion (in Macedonian heraldry) | Panthera leo | [72] | |
Madagascar | Zebu (in Malagasy heraldry) | Bos primigenius indicus | [73] | |
Ring-tailed lemur (national animal) | Lemur catta | [73] | ||
Malaysia | Malayan tiger (national animal) | Panthera tigris jacksoni | [74] | |
Malta | Pharaoh Hound (national animal) | (a breed of) Canis lupus familiaris |
[75] | |
Moldova | Aurochs (national animal) | Bos primigenius | [76] | |
Mauritius | Dodo | Raphus cucullatus | [14][77][78] | |
Mexico | Golden eagle (national animal) | Aquila chrysaetos | [79] | |
Xoloitzcuintli (national dog) | (a breed of) Canis lupus familiaris |
[79] | ||
Jaguar (national mammal) | Panthera onca | [79] | ||
Grasshopper (national arthropod ) | Sphenarium purpurascens | [79] | ||
Vaquita (national marine mammal) | Phocoena sinus | [79] | ||
Morocco | Lion | Panthera leo | [11] | |
Nepal | Cow (national animal) | Bos taurus indicus | [80] | |
Danphe (national bird) | Lophophorus impejanus | [81] | ||
Netherlands | Lion (heraldic symbol) | Panthera leo | [82] | |
Black-tailed godwit (national bird) | Limosa limosa | [83] | ||
New Zealand | Kiwi | Apteryx sp. | [84] | |
Nigeria | Eagle | Haliaeetus leucocephalus | [85] | |
Black Crowned Crane | Balearica pavonina | |||
North Korea | Chollima | Mythical | [86][87][88] | |
Norway | Lion (royal national animal) | Panthera leo | [89] | |
White-throated dipper (national bird) | Cinclus cinclus | [90] | ||
Fjord horse (national horse) | (a breed of) Equus ferus caballus |
[91] | ||
Oman | Arabian oryx (national animal) | Oryx leucoryx | [92] | |
Pakistan | Markhor (national animal) | Capra falconeri | [93] | |
Indus river dolphin (national aquatic mammal) | Platanista indicus minor minor | [93] | ||
Chukar (national bird) | Alectoris chukar | [93] | ||
Indus crocodile (national reptile) | Crocodylus palustris | [93] | ||
Shaheen falcon (heritage bird) | Falco peregrinus peregrinator | [94] | ||
Snow leopard (national predator) | Panthera uncia | [93] | ||
Palestine | Gazelle (national animal) | Gazella gazella | [95] | |
Palestine sunbird (national bird) | Cinnyris osea | [96] | ||
Panama | Harpy eagle | Harpia harpyja | [14] | |
Papua New Guinea | Dugong (national marine mammal) | Dugong dugon | [97] | |
Peru | Vicuña (national animal) | Vicugna vicugna | [98] | |
Philippines | Philippine eagle (national bird) | Pithecophaga jefferyi | [99] | |
Poland | White-tailed eagle (national bird) | Haliaeetus albicilla | [100][101] | |
White stork (national bird) | Ciconia ciconia | [102] | ||
European bison (national animal) | Bison bonasus | [103][104] | ||
Portugal | Dragon (Traditional Coat of Arms / National Animal) | Mythical | [105][106][107] | |
Cock of Barcelos | Mythical | [108] | ||
Iberian Wolf | Canis lupus signatus | [108] | ||
Qatar | Arabian oryx | Oryx leucoryx | [109] | |
Romania | Lynx | Lynx lynx | [110] | |
Russia | Eurasian brown bear (national animal) | Ursus arctos arctos | [111] | |
Double-headed eagle (Traditional Coat of Arms) | Mythical | [112] | ||
Rwanda | Leopard | Panthera pardus | [113] | |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Saint Vincent amazon | Amazona guildingii | [114] | |
Sierra Leone | Lion | Panthera leo | [11] | |
Singapore | Lion | Panthera leo | [41] | |
Somalia | Leopard | Panthera pardus | [115] | |
South Africa | Springbok (national animal) | Antidorcas marsupialis | [116] | |
Blue crane (national bird) | Anthropoides paradiseus | [116] | ||
Galjoen (national fish) | Dichistius capensis | [116] | ||
South Korea | Siberian tiger | Panthera tigris altaica | [117] | |
Spain | Bull | Bos taurus | [118] | |
Sri Lanka | Lion (national animal) | Panthera leo | [41] | |
Sri Lankan junglefowl (national bird) | Gallus lafayettii | [119] | ||
Sweden | Eurasian Elk/Moose (national animal) | Alces alces | [11] | |
Eurasian blackbird (national bird) | Turdus merula | [11][120] | ||
Tanzania | Giraffe | Giraffa camelopardalis | [121][122][123] | |
Thailand | Elephant | Elephas maximus | [124] | |
Togo | Lion | Panthera leo | [11] | |
Turkey | Grey Wolf (Asena as mythological national animal) | Canis lupus | [125] | |
United Arab Emirates | Arabian oryx (national animal) | Oryx leucoryx | [126] | |
Peregrine falcon (national bird) | Falco peregrinus | [126] | ||
United Kingdom | Lion (England) | Panthera leo | [127][128] | |
Bulldog (Britain as "British Bulldog") | (a breed of) Canis lupus familiaris |
[129] | ||
Red kite (Wales) | Milvus milvus | [130] | ||
Unicorn (Scotland) | Mythical | [64][131][132][133][134] | ||
Y Ddraig Goch (Welsh Dragon Wales) | Mythical | [130][135] | ||
United States | Bald eagle (national bird) | Haliaeetus leucocephalus | [136][137] | |
American bison (national mammal) | Bison bison | [138][139] | ||
Venezuela | Venezuelan troupial (national bird) | Icterus icterus | [140][141] | |
Zimbabwe | Sable antelope (national animal) | Hippotragus niger | [142] | |
African fish eagle (national bird) | Haliaeetus vocifer | [142] |
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