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This is a list of national animals.

National animals

Country Name of animal Scientific name Pictures Ref.
 Afghanistan Snow leopard Panthera uncia [1]
 Albania Golden eagle (primary national symbol) Aquila chrysaetos [2][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]
 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]
 Denmark Swan Swan [27]
 Faroe Islands Eurasian oystercatcher ("national bird") Haematopus ostralegus [28]
 Greece Phoenix Mythical [16][29]
 Honduras White-tailed deer Odocoileus virginianus [30]
 Hungary Turul Mythical (most probably Falco cherrug) [31]
 Iceland Gyrfalcon Falco rusticolus [32]
 India Bengal tiger (national animal) Panthera tigris tigris [33]
Indian peafowl (national bird) Pavo cristatus [34]
King cobra (national reptile) Ophiophagus hannah [35]
Ganges river dolphin (national aquatic animal) Platanista gangetica [36]
Gray langur (national heritage mammal) Semnopithecus [36]
Indian elephant (national heritage animal) Elephas maximus indicus [37]
 Indonesia Komodo dragon (national animal) Varanus komodoensis [38]
Garuda (historic national animal) Mythical [39]
 Iran Mugger crocodile Crocodylus palustris [16]
 Israel Hoopoe (national bird) Upupa epops [16]
 Jamaica Red-billed streamertail Trochilus polytmus [40]
 Lebanon Phoenix Mythical [41]
Striped hyena Hyaena hyaena [41]
 Lithuania White stork Ciconia ciconia [42]
 North Macedonia Lion (in Macedonian heraldry) Panthera leo [43]
 Malaysia Malayan tiger (national animal) Panthera tigris jacksoni [44]
 Mauritius Dodo
 Raphus cucullatus [11][45][46]
 Mexico Golden eagle (national animal/national bird) Aquila chrysaetos [47]
Xoloitzcuintli (national dog) Canis lupus familiaris
Grasshopper (national arthropod)
Jaguar (national mammal) Panthera onca
Vaquita (national marine mammal) Phocoena sinus
 Mongolia Saker falcon (national bird) Falco cherrug [48]
 Nepal Cow [49]
 Netherlands Lion (heraldic symbol) Panthera leo [50]
 New Zealand Kiwi [51]
 North Korea Chollima Mythical [52][53][54]
 Pakistan Markhor (national animal) [11][55]
Chukar (national bird) [55]
Snow leopard (national heritage animal) Panthera uncia [56]
 Panama Harpy eagle Harpia harpyja [11]
 Papua New Guinea Dugong (national marine mammal) [57]
 Peru Vicuña (national animal) Vicugna vicugna [58]
 Philippines Philippine eagle (national bird) Pithecophaga jefferyi [59]
milkfish (national fish) Chanos chanos
 Portugal Rooster of Barcelos Mythical [60]
 Qatar Oryx [61]
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines St Vincent parrot [62]
 Serbia Wolf Canis lupus lupus [63]
Lanner falcon [64]
Lynx [65]
 Somalia Leopard (national animal) Panthera pardus [66]
 South Africa Springbok (national animal) [67]
Blue crane (national bird)[67]
Galjoen (national fish)[67]
 Sri Lanka Jungle fowl (national bird) [68]
 Tanzania Giraffe Giraffa camelopardalis [69][70][71]
 Turkey Grey wolf [72][73]
 United Kingdom
Bulldog (Britain as "British Bulldog" and England as "English Bulldog") [74]
Mute swan (English, Celtic and Irish traditions) [75][76]
Red kite (Wales) [77]
Unicorn (Scotland, Queen's Beast") Mythical [16][78][79][80][81]
Y Ddraig Goch (Welsh Dragon Wales and Queen's Beast) Mythical [77][82]
 United States Bald eagle [83][84]

See also

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