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'''India''', officially the '''Republic of India''' is a country in South Asia | '''India''', officially the '''Republic of India''' is a country in [[South Asia]], consisting of [[States and union territories of India|28 states and eight union territories]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://knowindia.india.gov.in/states-uts/|title=States and Union Territories|publisher=[[Government of India]]|access-date=21 April 2024|archive-date=5 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220205154934/https://knowindia.india.gov.in/states-uts/|url-status=live}}</ref> All Indian states and some of the union territories have their own elected government and the union territories come under the jurisdiction of the [[Government of India|Central Government]]. India has its own [[National symbols of India|national symbols]].<ref name="Symbol">{{cite web|title=National Symbols|url=https://www.india.gov.in/india-glance/national-symbols|access-date=14 August 2022|publisher=[[Government of India]]|archive-date=1 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200501093137/https://www.india.gov.in/india-glance/national-symbols|url-status=live}}</ref> Apart from the [[national symbol]]s, the states and union territories have adopted their own seals and symbols including animals listed below. | ||
== States == | |||
==States== | |||
{| class="wikitable sortable" | {| class="wikitable sortable" | ||
|+ | |+ List of Indian state animals | ||
! State | ! [[States and union territories of India|State]] | ||
! Common name | ! [[Common name]]<ref name="ENVIS">{{cite web|url=https://wiienvis.nic.in/KidsCentre/state_symbols_india_8411.aspx|title=State symbols of India|publisher=[[Government of India]]|access-date=1 May 2024|archive-date=22 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230922102907/https://wiienvis.nic.in/KidsCentre/state_symbols_india_8411.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref> | ||
! [[Binomial name]] | ! [[Binomial name]]<ref name="Name">{{cite web|url=https://a-z-animals.com/animals/scientific/|title=Scientific names|publisher=A-Z animals|access-date=1 May 2024|archive-date=17 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240517031141/https://a-z-animals.com/animals/scientific/|url-status=live}}</ref> | ||
! Image | ! Image | ||
! [[IUCN Red List#Categories|IUCN category]] | ! [[IUCN Red List#Categories|IUCN category]]<ref name="IUCN">{{cite web|url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/|title=IUCN redlist|publisher=[[IUCN]]|access-date=1 May 2024|archive-date=27 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140627094911/https://www.iucnredlist.org/|url-status=live}}</ref> | ||
|- | |- | ||
| [[Andhra Pradesh]] | | [[Andhra Pradesh]] | ||
| [[Blackbuck]] | | [[Blackbuck]] | ||
| ''[[ | | ''[[Antilope cervicapra]]'' | ||
| [[ | | [[File:10BlackBuck.jpg|100px]] | ||
| | | [[Least Concern]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
| [[Arunachal Pradesh]] | | [[Arunachal Pradesh]] | ||
| [[Gayal]] | | [[Gayal]] | ||
| ''[[Bos | | ''[[Bos frontalis]]'' | ||
| [[File: | | [[File:Mithun,_Glao_Lake.jpg|100px]] | ||
| | | rowspan="3"|[[Vulnerable species|Vulnerable]] | ||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
| [[Assam]] | | [[Assam]] | ||
| [[Indian rhinoceros|One-horned rhinoceros]] | | [[Indian rhinoceros|One-horned rhinoceros]] | ||
| ''[[Rhinoceros unicornis]]'' | | ''[[Rhinoceros unicornis]]'' | ||
| [[ | | [[File:Great-Indian-one-horned-rhinoceros-at-Kaziranga-national-park-in-Assam-India.jpg|100px]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
| [[Bihar]] | | [[Bihar]] | ||
|[[Gaur]] | |[[Gaur]] | ||
| Bos gaurus | | ''[[Bos gaurus]]'' | ||
|[[ | |[[File:Gaur_Male.jpg|100px]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
| [[Chhattisgarh]] | | [[Chhattisgarh]] | ||
| [[Wild water buffalo]] | | [[Wild water buffalo]] | ||
| ''[[Bubalus | | ''[[Bubalus arnee]]'' | ||
| [[Image:Indian Water Buffalo Bubalus arnee by Dr Raju Kasambe IMG 0347 (11) (cropped).jpg| | | [[Image:Indian Water Buffalo Bubalus arnee by Dr Raju Kasambe IMG 0347 (11) (cropped).jpg|100px]] | ||
| | | [[Endangered]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
| [[Goa]] | | [[Goa]] | ||
| [[Gaur]] | | [[Gaur]] | ||
| ''[[Gaur|Bos gaurus]]'' | | ''[[Gaur|Bos gaurus]]'' | ||
| [[File: | | [[File:Gaur_Male.jpg|100px]] | ||
| | | [[Vulnerable species|Vulnerable]] | ||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
| [[Gujarat]] | | [[Gujarat]] | ||
| [[Asiatic lion]] | | [[Asiatic lion]] | ||
| ''[[Panthera leo persica]]'' | | ''[[Panthera leo persica|Panthera leo]]'' | ||
| [[ | | [[File:Asiatic Lion strolling (cropped).jpg|100px]] | ||
| | | [[Endangered]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
| [[Haryana]] | | [[Haryana]] | ||
| [[Blackbuck]] | | [[Blackbuck]] | ||
| ''[[Antilope cervicapra]]'' | | ''[[Antilope cervicapra]]'' | ||
| [[ | | [[File:10BlackBuck.jpg|100px]] | ||
| | | [[Least Concern]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
| [[Himachal Pradesh]] | | [[Himachal Pradesh]] | ||
| [[Snow leopard]] | | [[Snow leopard]] | ||
| [[ | | ''[[Panthera uncia]]'' | ||
| [[ | | [[File:Snow Leopards - Ghost of the Mountains for Ministry of Tourism (MOT) India 9 (cropped).png|100px]] | ||
| | | [[Vulnerable species|Vulnerable]] | ||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
| [[Jharkhand]] | | [[Jharkhand]] | ||
| [[Indian elephant]] | | rowspan="3"|[[Indian elephant]] | ||
| ''[[Elephas maximus indicus]]'' | | rowspan="3"|''[[Elephas maximus indicus|Elephas maximus]]'' | ||
| [[ | | rowspan="3"|[[File:Male Elephant Tusker Nagarhole Karnataka Apr22 D72 23736.jpg|100px]] | ||
| | | rowspan="3"|[[Endangered]] | ||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
| [[Karnataka]] | | [[Karnataka]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
| [[Kerala]] | | [[Kerala]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
| [[Madhya Pradesh]] | | [[Madhya Pradesh]] | ||
| | | [[Swamp deer]] | ||
| ''[[Rucervus duvaucelii]]'' | | ''[[Rucervus duvaucelii]]'' | ||
| [[ | | [[File:Swamp deer (19).jpg|100px]] | ||
| | | [[Vulnerable species|Vulnerable]] | ||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
| [[Maharashtra]] | | [[Maharashtra]] | ||
| [[Indian giant squirrel]] | | [[Indian giant squirrel]] | ||
| ''[[Ratufa indica]]'' | | ''[[Ratufa indica]]'' | ||
| [[Image:Malabar giant sqirrel.jpg| | | [[Image:Malabar giant sqirrel.jpg|100px]] | ||
| | | [[Least Concern]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
| [[Manipur]] | | [[Manipur]] | ||
| [[Sangai]] | | [[Sangai]] | ||
| ''[[Cervus | | ''[[Sangai|Cervus eldi]]'' | ||
| [[ | | [[File:Sangai deer male with newborn fawn.jpg|100px]] | ||
| | | [[Endangered]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
| [[Meghalaya]] | | [[Meghalaya]] | ||
| [[Clouded leopard]] | | [[Clouded leopard]] | ||
| ''[[Neofelis nebulosa]]'' | | ''[[Neofelis nebulosa]]'' | ||
| [[ | | [[File:Clouded Leopard in Darjeeling Zoo.jpg|100px]] | ||
| | | rowspan="4"|[[Vulnerable species|Vulnerable]] | ||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
| [[Mizoram]] | | [[Mizoram]] | ||
| [[Himalayan serow]] | | [[Himalayan serow]] | ||
| ''[[Capricornis thar]]'' | | ''[[Capricornis thar]]'' | ||
| [[Image:Himalayan Serow Pangolakha Wildlife Sanctuary East Sikkim Sikkim India 13.02.2016.jpg| | | [[Image:Himalayan Serow Pangolakha Wildlife Sanctuary East Sikkim Sikkim India 13.02.2016.jpg|100px]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
| [[Nagaland]] | | [[Nagaland]] | ||
| [[Gayal]] | | [[Gayal]] | ||
| ''[[Bos frontalis]]'' | | ''[[Bos frontalis]]'' | ||
| [[File: | | [[File:Mithun,_Glao_Lake.jpg|100px]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
| [[Odisha]] | | [[Odisha]] | ||
| [[Sambar (deer)|Sambar]] | | [[Sambar (deer)|Sambar]] | ||
| ''Rusa unicolor'' | | ''[[Rusa unicolor]]'' | ||
| [[ | | [[File:Sambar (Cervus unicolor unicolor) male.jpg|100px]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
| [[Punjab, India|Punjab]] | | [[Punjab, India|Punjab]] | ||
| [[Blackbuck]] | | [[Blackbuck]] | ||
| ''[[Antilope cervicapra]]'' | | ''[[Antilope cervicapra]]'' | ||
| [[ | | [[File:10BlackBuck.jpg|100px]] | ||
| | | rowspan="2"|[[Least Concern]] | ||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
| [[Rajasthan]] | | [[Rajasthan]] | ||
| [[Chinkara]] | | [[Chinkara]] | ||
| ''Gazella bennettii'' | | ''[[Gazella bennettii]]'' | ||
| [[Image:Chinkara_-_Shreeram_M_V_-_Bikaner.jpg| | | [[Image:Chinkara_-_Shreeram_M_V_-_Bikaner.jpg|100px]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
| [[Sikkim]] | | [[Sikkim]] | ||
| [[Red panda]] | | [[Red panda]] | ||
| ''[[Ailurus fulgens]]'' | | ''[[Ailurus fulgens]]'' | ||
| [[ | | [[File:Gangtok Bulbuley Himalayan Zoological Park Captive Red Panda Walking.jpg|100px]] | ||
| | | rowspan="2"|[[Endangered]] | ||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
| [[Tamil Nadu]] | | [[Tamil Nadu]] | ||
| [[Nilgiri tahr]] | | [[Nilgiri tahr]] | ||
| ''[[Nilgiritragus hylocrius]]'' | | ''[[Nilgiritragus hylocrius]]'' | ||
| [[ | | [[File:Nilgirithar western ghats.jpg|100px]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
| [[Telangana]] | | [[Telangana]] | ||
| [[ | | [[Spotted deer]] | ||
| ''[[ | | ''[[Axis axis]]'' | ||
| [[ | | [[File:A_chital_stag_1.JPG|100px]] | ||
| | | [[Least Concern]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
| [[Tripura]] | | [[Tripura]] | ||
| [[Phayre's leaf monkey|Phayre's langur]] | | [[Phayre's leaf monkey|Phayre's langur]] | ||
| ''[[Trachypithecus phayrei]]'' | | ''[[Trachypithecus phayrei]]'' | ||
| [[ | | [[File:Trachypithecus phayrei 30780911.jpg|100px]] | ||
| | | [[Endangered]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
| [[Uttar Pradesh]] | | [[Uttar Pradesh]] | ||
| [[Swamp deer]] | | [[Swamp deer]] | ||
| ''[[Rucervus duvaucelii]]'' | | ''[[Rucervus duvaucelii]]'' | ||
| [[ | | [[File:Swamp deer (19).jpg|100px]] | ||
| | | [[Vulnerable species|Vulnerable]] | ||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
| [[Uttarakhand]] | | [[Uttarakhand]] | ||
| [[Alpine musk deer]] | | [[Alpine musk deer]] | ||
| ''[[Moschus chrysogaster]]'' | | ''[[Moschus chrysogaster]]'' | ||
| [[Image:Moschus chrysogaster.jpg| | | [[Image:Moschus chrysogaster 287858485 (cropped).jpg|100px]] | ||
| | | [[Endangered]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
| [[West Bengal]] | | [[West Bengal]] | ||
| [[Fishing | | [[Fishing cat]] | ||
| ''[[Prionailurus viverrinus]]'' | | ''[[Prionailurus viverrinus]]'' | ||
| [[File: | | [[File:Prionailurus viverrinus 01.jpg|100px]] | ||
| | | [[Vulnerable species|Vulnerable]] | ||
| | |||
|} | |} | ||
==Union territories== | == Union territories == | ||
{| class="wikitable sortable" | {| class="wikitable sortable" | ||
! | |+ List of Indian state animals (Union territories) | ||
! | ! [[States and union territories of India|Union territory]] | ||
! | ! [[Common name]]<ref name="ENVIS"/> | ||
! | ! [[Binomial name]]<ref name="Name"/> | ||
! IUCN | ! Image | ||
! [[IUCN Red List#Categories|IUCN category]]<ref name="IUCN"/> | |||
|- | |- | ||
| [[Andaman and Nicobar Islands]] | | [[Andaman and Nicobar Islands]] | ||
| [[Dugong]] | | [[Dugong]] | ||
| ''[[Dugong dugon]]'' | | ''[[Dugong dugon]]'' | ||
| [[File:Dugong | | [[File:Dugong in Ritchies archipelago Neil Island Andaman.jpg|100px]] | ||
| | | [[Vulnerable species|Vulnerable]] | ||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
| [[Chandigarh]] | | [[Chandigarh]] | ||
| [[Indian gray mongoose | | [[Indian gray mongoose]] | ||
| ''Herpestes edwardsi'' | | ''[[Herpestes edwardsi]]'' | ||
| [[File:Herpestes edwardsii. 2.jpg| | | [[File:Herpestes edwardsii. 2.jpg|100px]] | ||
| | | rowspan="2"|[[Least Concern]] | ||
| [[ | |||
|- | |- | ||
| [[Delhi]] | | [[Delhi]] | ||
| [[Nilgai]] | | [[Nilgai]] | ||
| ''[[Boselaphus tragocamelus]]'' | | ''[[Boselaphus tragocamelus]]'' | ||
| [[File: | | [[File:Nilgai_(Boselaphus_tragocamelus)_male.jpg|100px]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
| [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]] | | [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]] | ||
| [[Kashmir stag]] | | [[Kashmir stag|Hangul]] | ||
| ''[[Cervus | | ''[[Kashmir stag|Cervus hanglu]]'' | ||
| [[Image:Cervus cashmeerianus Smit.jpg| | | [[Image:Cervus cashmeerianus Smit.jpg|100px]] | ||
| | | [[Critically Endangered]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
| [[Ladakh]] | | [[Ladakh]] | ||
| [[Snow leopard]] | | [[Snow leopard]] | ||
| [[ | | ''[[Panthera uncia]]'' | ||
| [[ | | [[File:Snow Leopards - Ghost of the Mountains for Ministry of Tourism (MOT) India 9 (cropped).png|100px]] | ||
| | | [[Vulnerable species|Vulnerable]] | ||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
| [[Lakshadweep]] | | [[Lakshadweep]] | ||
| [[Indian vagabond butterflyfish|Butterfly fish]] | | [[Indian vagabond butterflyfish|Butterfly fish]] | ||
| ''[[Chaetodon decussatus]]'' | | ''[[Chaetodon decussatus]]'' | ||
| [[Image:Bep chaetodon decussatus.jpg| | | [[Image:Bep chaetodon decussatus.jpg|100px]] | ||
| | | rowspan="2"|[[Least Concern]] | ||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
| [[Puducherry (union territory)|Puducherry]] | | [[Puducherry (union territory)|Puducherry]] | ||
| [[Indian palm squirrel]] | | [[Indian palm squirrel]] | ||
| ''[[Funambulus palmarum]]'' | | ''[[Funambulus palmarum]]'' | ||
| [[File:Funambulus palmarum (Bengaluru).jpg| | | [[File:Funambulus palmarum (Bengaluru).jpg|100px]] | ||
| | |- | ||
|} | |} | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
{{Reflist}} | {{Reflist}} | ||
{{Symbols of Indian states}} | {{Symbols of Indian states}} | ||
[[Category:States and union territories of India-related lists|Animals]] | |||
[[Category:States and union territories of India-related lists| | |||
[[Category:Lists of animals by country|Indian state animals]] | [[Category:Lists of animals by country|Indian state animals]] | ||
[[Category:Lists of Indian state symbols]] | [[Category:Lists of Indian state symbols|Animals]] | ||
Latest revision as of 15:49, 28 September 2025
India, officially the Republic of India is a country in South Asia, consisting of 28 states and eight union territories.[1] All Indian states and some of the union territories have their own elected government and the union territories come under the jurisdiction of the Central Government. India has its own national symbols.[2] Apart from the national symbols, the states and union territories have adopted their own seals and symbols including animals listed below.
States[edit | edit source]
Union territories[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "States and Union Territories". Government of India. Archived from the original on 5 February 2022. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
- ↑ "National Symbols". Government of India. Archived from the original on 1 May 2020. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "State symbols of India". Government of India. Archived from the original on 22 September 2023. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Scientific names". A-Z animals. Archived from the original on 17 May 2024. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "IUCN redlist". IUCN. Archived from the original on 27 June 2014. Retrieved 1 May 2024.