List of national animals

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This is a list of countries that have officially designated one or more animals as their national animals.

National animals

Country Name of animal Scientific name (Latin name) Picture Ref.
 Algeria Fennec fox (national animal) Vulpes zerda [1]
 Argentina Rufous hornero (national bird) Furnarius rufus [2]
 Antigua and Barbuda European fallow deer (national animal) Dama dama [3]
Frigate (national bird) Fregata magnificens [3]
Hawksbill turtle (national sea creature) Eretmochelys imbricata [3]
 Austria Black eagle (national animal) Ictinaetus malaiensis [4]
 Azerbaijan Karabakh horse (national horse) Equus caballus [5]
 Bahamas Blue marlin (national fish) Makaira nigricans [6]
Flamingo (national bird) Phoenicopterus ruber [6]
 Bangladesh Bengal tiger (national animal) Panthera tigris tigris [7]
Magpie robin (national bird) Copsychus saularis [7]
Ilish (national fish) Tenualosa ilisha [7]
 Belize Baird's tapir (national animal) Tapirus bairdii [8]
Keel-billed toucan (national bird) Ramphastos sulfuratus [9]
 Botswana Plains zebra (national animal) Equus quagga [10]
 Brazil Rufous-bellied thrush (national bird) Turdus rufiventris [11]
 Cambodia Kouprey (national mammal) Bos sauveli [12][better source needed]
Giant ibis (national bird) Pseudibis gigantea [12][better source needed]
Northern river terrapin (national reptile) Batagur baska [12][better source needed]
Giant barb (national fish) Catlocarpio siamensis [12][better source needed]
 Canada North American beaver (national animal) Castor canadensis [13][14]
Canadian horse (national horse) Equus caballus [14]
 Costa Rica Yigüirro (national bird) Turdus grayi [15]
West Indian manatee (national aquatic animal) Trichechus manatus [15]
Three-toed sloth and Two-toed sloth Choloepus hoffmanni and Bradypus variegatus [16]
 Cuba Cuban trogon (national bird) Priotelus temnurus [17]
 Denmark Red squirrel (national mammal) Sciurus vulgaris [18]
Mute swan (national bird) Cygnus olor [18]
Small tortoiseshell (national butterfly) Aglais urticae [18]
 Dominican Republic Palmchat (national bird) Dulus dominicus [19]
 El Salvador Torogoz (national bird) Eumomota superciliosa [20]
 Guatemala Resplendent quetzal (national bird) Pharomachrus mocinno [21]
File:Flag of Honduras (darker variant).svg Honduras White-tailed deer (national animal) Odocoileus virginianus [22]
Scarlet macaw (national bird) Ara macao [23]
 India Tiger (national animal) Panthera tigris [24]
Indian peafowl (national bird) Pavo cristatus [25]
Ganges river dolphin (national aquatic animal) Platanista gangetica File:Platanista gangetica noaa.jpg [26]
Indian elephant (national heritage animal) Elephas maximus indicus [27]
 Jamaica Red-billed streamertail (national bird) Trochilus polytmus [28]
 Latvia White wagtail (national bird) Motacilla alba [23]
Two-spotted ladybird (national insect) Adalia bipunctata [23]
 Nicaragua Guardabarranco (national bird) Eumomota superciliosa [29]
 Pakistan Markhor (national animal) Capra falconeri [30]
Indus river dolphin (national aquatic mammal) Platanista minor [30]
Chukar (national bird) Alectoris chukar [30]
Mugger crocodile (national reptile) Crocodylus palustris [30]
Shaheen falcon (heritage bird) Falco peregrinus peregrinator [31]
Snow leopard (national predator) Panthera uncia [30]
 Panama Harpy eagle (national bird) Harpia harpyja [32]
 Peru Andean cock-of-the-rock (national bird) Rupicola peruviana [33]
 Philippines Philippine eagle (national bird) Pithecophaga jefferyi [34]
 Mongolia Saker falcon (national bird) Falco cherrug [35][better source needed][36][better source needed]
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Saint Vincent amazon (national bird) Amazona guildingii [37]
Template:RSA Springbok (national animal) Antidorcas marsupialis [38]
Blue crane (national bird) Anthropoides paradiseus [39]
Galjoen (national fish) Dichistius capensis [40]
 Sri Lanka Sri Lankan junglefowl (national bird) Gallus lafayettii [41]
Template:TAN Giraffe (national animal) Giraffa sp. [42][43][44]
 Thailand Asian elephant (national animal) Elephas maximus [45]
Siamese fighting fish (national aquatic animal) Betta splendens [46][47]
 Qatar Arabian oryx (national animal) Oryx leucoryx [48]
 South Korea Korean tiger (national animal) Panthera tigris altaica [49]
 Uganda Grey crowned crane (national bird) Balearica regulorum [50]
 United States Bald eagle (national bird) Haliaeetus leucocephalus [51]
American bison (national mammal) Bison bison [52]
 Venezuela Venezuelan troupial (national bird) Icterus icterus [53][54]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "The Fennec Fox: Algeria's National Animal". algeria.com. Retrieved 21 March 2013.
  2. ↑ "Furnarius rufus - Rufous Hornero".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Government of Antigua and Barbuda. "Official Website for the Government of Antigua and Barbuda". ab.gov.ag. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  4. ↑ "National Symbols Of Austria – HONORARY CONSULATE". Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  5. ↑ "Qarabağ atı". 17 November 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Government of The Bahamas. "Official Website for the Government of The Bahamas". bahamas.gov.bs. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 "NATIONAL SYMBOLS". Bangladesh Tourism Board. Bangladesh: Ministry of Civil Aviation & Tourism. Archived from the original on 28 December 2016. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
  8. ↑ "National Symbols – Government of Belize Press Office". Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  9. ↑ "The National Symbols". Government of Belize. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  10. ↑ "National Symbols – EMBASSY AND PERMANENT MISSION OF BOTSWANA IN SWITZERLAND". Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  11. ↑ "Embassy of Brazil in Washington". Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 "Forestry.gov.kh" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 June 2007. Retrieved 29 August 2013.
  13. ↑ "National Emblems: The Beaver". Canadian Heritage. 2011. Retrieved 9 July 2011.
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 "Official Symbols of Canada". Canadian Heritage. 2016. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 "Presidencia de la República de Costa Rica". Presidencia de la República de Costa Rica (in español). Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  16. ↑ lectura, Comunicados··3 Minutos de. "¡Perezoso es oficialmente símbolo nacional!". Presidencia de la República de Costa Rica (in español). Retrieved 22 June 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  17. ↑ AMPP YAGUAJAY COMMUNICATOR. "El Tocororo, Ave Nacional de Cuba, the most beautiful in the country". Portal del ciudadano de Yaguajay.
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 "Nationalplanter og -dyr" [Nationalplants and -animals] (in dansk). Naturstyrelsen, Danish Ministry of the Environment. Archived from the original on 28 December 2019. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
  19. ↑ "Flora y Fauna". GoDominicanRepublic.com (in español). Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  20. ↑ "Decreto Legislativo No 735 del 21 de octubre de 1999" (PDF). Diario Oficial (in español). 345 (216). San Salvador: Imprenta Nacional de El Salvador: 6. 19 November 1999. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  21. ↑ "05 de septiembre, Día del Quetzal, Ave Nacional". CONAP (in español). 4 September 2020. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  22. ↑ "MiAmbiente+ participa en la 6ta Liberación de Guacamayas en Valle de Copán".
  23. ↑ 23.0 23.1 23.2 "Symbols". Latvia.eu. 2016. Archived from the original on 7 October 2017. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  24. ↑ "National Animal -National Symbols - Know India: National Portal of India". National Portal of India. Archived from the original on 22 January 2013. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
  25. ↑ "National Bird -National Symbols - Know India: National Portal of India". National Portal of India. Archived from the original on 15 January 2013. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
  26. ↑ "National Aquatic Animal -National Symbols - Know India: National Portal of India". National Portal of India. Archived from the original on 22 January 2013. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
  27. ↑ "Elephant declared National Heritage Animal in India". Breaking News Online (India). 2010. Archived from the original on 25 August 2011. Retrieved 25 June 2011.
  28. ↑ "National Symbols of Jamaica". jis.gov.jm. Archived from the original on 19 June 2006. Retrieved 2 December 2011.
  29. ↑ "Ley No. 795 que declara al guardabarranco, ave nacional de Nicaragua". Diario Oficial (in español) (118). Managua: La Gaceta. 25 June 2012. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  30. ↑ 30.0 30.1 30.2 30.3 30.4 "National Symbols of Pakistan". Government of Pakistan. Archived from the original on 28 November 2016. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
  31. ↑ "National Symbols of Pakistan". Government of Pakistan. Archived from the original on 27 August 2013. Retrieved 23 August 2013.
  32. ↑ Prensa. "Panamá posee la población más grande de Águilas Harpías de Centroamérica – MiAmbiente" (in español). Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  33. ↑ "Servicio Nacional de Áreas Naturales Protegidas por el Estado - SERNANP". old.sernanp.gob.pe. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  34. ↑ "Proclamation No. 615, s. 1995". gov.ph. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
  35. ↑ "Mongolia names falcon as national bird". wwf.panda.org. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  36. ↑ "Saker Falcon, A National Bird of Mongolia". Birds Mongolia (in монгол). Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  37. ↑ "The National Bird". foreign.gov.vc. Archived from the original on 15 May 2013. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
  38. ↑ "National animal | South African Government". www.gov.za. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  39. ↑ "National bird | South African Government". www.gov.za. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  40. ↑ "National fish | South African Government". www.gov.za. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  41. ↑ "Sri Lanka National Bird". Government of Sri Lanka Official Web Portal. Archived from the original on 14 March 2012.
  42. ↑ "National Symbols: National Animal". tanzania.go.tz. Tanzania Government Portal. Archived from the original on 18 January 2015. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
  43. ↑ Foley, Charles; Foley, Lara; Lobora, Alex; De Luca, Daniela; Msuha, Maurus; Davenport, Tim R.B.; Durant, Sarah M. (8 June 2014). A Field Guide to the Larger Mammals of Tanzania. Princeton University Press. pp. 179–. ISBN 978-1-4008-5280-2.
  44. ↑ Knappert, Jan (1987). East Africa: Kenya, Tanzania & Uganda. New Delhi: Vikas Pub. p. 57. ISBN 978-0-7069-2822-8. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
  45. ↑ "The government gazette about National symbols of Thailand" (PDF). Royal Thai Government Gazette. 118 (99D): 1. 11 December 2001.
  46. ↑ Limited, Bangkok Post Public Company. "Siamese fighting fish confirmed as national aquatic animal". Bangkok Post. Retrieved 29 July 2019. {{cite news}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  47. ↑ AFP (5 February 2019). "Thailand makes Siamese fighting fish national aquatic animal". Business Standard India. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
  48. ↑ "Arabian Oryx". www.visitqatar.qa. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  49. ↑ "The Korean Tiger and its Symbolism".
  50. ↑ "National Symbols". www.gou.go.ug. Archived from the original on 9 November 2019. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
  51. ↑ "The American Bald Eagle" (PDF). United States Department of Veterans Affairs.
  52. ↑ "Bison Bellows: America's New National Mammal (U.S. National Park Service)". www.nps.gov. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  53. ↑ "EFEMÉRIDES | el Turpial es declarado Ave Nacional en 1958". 23 May 2018.
  54. ↑ "Archived copy". www.vtv.gob.ve. Archived from the original on 25 May 2016. Retrieved 11 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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