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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]
 Algeria Fennec fox Vulpes zerda [7]
 Argentina Rufous hornero Furnarius rufus [8]
 Australia Red kangaroo (national animal) Macropus rufus [9]
Emu (national bird) Dromaius novaehollandiae [10]
 Azerbaijan Karabakh horse Equus ferus caballus [11]
 Bangladesh Royal Bengal tiger (national animal) Panthera tigris tigris [12]
Magpie robin (national bird) Copsychus saularis [12]
Ilish (national fish) Tenualosa ilisha [12]
 Belarus European bison Bison bonasus [13]
 Belize Baird's tapir Tapirus bairdii [13][14]
 Belgium Lion Leo Belgicus [15]
 Bhutan Druk Mythical [16]
Takin Budorcas taxicolor [17]
 Brazil Macaw Ara macao/Ara ararauna/Ara militaris [18]
 Cambodia Kouprey Bos sauveli [19]
 Canada North American beaver (national animal) Castor canadensis [20][21]
Canadian horse (national horse) Equus ferus caballus [21]
 Democratic Republic of the Congo Okapi Okapia johnstoni [13]
 Colombia Andean condor Vultur gryphus [22]
 Costa Rica Yigüirro (national bird) Turdus grayi [23]
White-Tailed Deer (national animal) Odocoileus virginianus [24]
West Indian manatee (national aquatic animal) Trichechus manatus [25]
 Croatia Pine marten Martes martes [26][27]
 Cuba Cuban trogon Priotelus temnurus [28][29]
 Cyprus Cypriot mouflon Ovis orientalis [30]
 Czech Republic Double-tailed lion Mythical [31]
 Denmark Mute swan (national bird) Cygnus olor [32]
Small tortoiseshell (national butterfly) Aglais urticae [32]
 Egypt Steppe eagle Aquila nipalensis [33]
 Estonia Barn swallow (national bird) Hirundo rustica [34]
 Ethiopia Lion Panthera leo [35]
 Finland Brown bear (national animal) Ursus arctos [36]
Whooper swan (national bird) Cygnus cygnus [37]
 Faroe Islands Eurasian oystercatcher (national bird) Haematopus ostralgus [38]
 France Gallic rooster Gallus gallus domesticus [39]
 Greece Dolphins Delphinus [40]
 Guatemala Quetzal Pharomachrus mocinno [41]
 Honduras White-tailed deer Odocoileus virginianus [42]
 Hungary Turul Mythical (most probably Falco cherrug) [43]
 Iceland Gyrfalcon Falco rusticolus [44]
 India Royal Bengal tiger (national animal) Panthera tigris tigris [45]
Indian peafowl (national bird) Pavo cristatus [46]
King cobra (national reptile) Ophiophagus hannah [47]
Ganges river dolphin (national aquatic animal) Platanista gangetica [48]
Indian elephant (national heritage animal) Elephas maximus indicus [49]
 Indonesia Komodo dragon (national animal) Varanus komodoensis [50]
Garuda (historic national animal) Mythical [51]
 Iran Mugger crocodile Crocodylus palustris [18]
 Iraq Golden eagle Aquila chrysaetos [52]
Goat
( KRG) 		Capra aegagrus [53]
 Israel Hoopoe (national bird) Upupa epops [18]
 Jamaica Red-billed streamertail Trochilus polytmus [54]
 Japan Green pheasant (national bird) Phasianus versicolor [55]
Carp (national fish) Cyprinus carpio [56]
 Latvia White wagtail (national bird) Motacilla alba [57][58]
Two-spotted Ladybird (national insect) Adalia bipunctata [58]
 Lithuania White stork Ciconia ciconia [59]
 North Macedonia Lion (in Macedonian heraldry) Panthera leo [60]
 Malaysia Malayan tiger (national animal) Panthera tigris jacksoni [61]
 Moldova Aurochs (national animal) Bos primigenius [62]
 Mauritius Dodo
 Raphus cucullatus [13][63][64]
 Mexico Xoloitzcuintli (national dog) Canis lupus familiaris [65]
 Nepal Zebu (national animal) Bos taurus indicus [66]
Danphe (national bird) Lophophorus impejanus [67]
 Netherlands Lion (heraldic symbol) Panthera leo [68]
 New Zealand Kiwi Apteryx sp. [69]
 North Korea Chollima Mythical [70][71][72]
 Norway Lion (royal animal) Panthera leo [73]
White-throated dipper (national bird) Cinclus cinclus [74]
Fjord horse (national horse) Equus ferus caballus [75]
 Oman Arabian oryx (national animal) Oryx leucoryx [76]
 Pakistan Markhor (national animal) Capra falconeri [13][77]
Chukar (national bird) Alectoris chukar [77]
Snow leopard (national heritage animal) Panthera uncia [78]
 Panama Harpy eagle Harpia harpyja [13]
 Papua New Guinea Dugong (national marine mammal) Dugong dugon [79]
 Peru Vicuña (national animal) Vicugna vicugna [80]
 Philippines Carabao (national animal) Bubalus bubalis [81]
Philippine eagle (national bird) Pithecophaga jefferyi [82]
 Qatar Arabian oryx Oryx leucoryx [83]
 Romania Lynx Lynx lynx [84]
 Rwanda Leopard Panthera pardus [85]
 South Korea Siberian Tiger Panthera tigris altaica [86]
Korean magpie (national bird) Pica (pica) sericea [86]
 Spain Bull Bos taurus [87]
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines St Vincent parrot Amazona guildingii [88]
 Serbia Wolf Canis lupus lupus [89]
White eagle Mythical [90]
Lynx Lynx lynx [91]
 Somalia Leopard (national animal) Panthera pardus [92]
 South Africa Springbok (national animal) Antidorcas marsupialis [93]
Blue crane (national bird)[93] Anthropoides paradiseus
Galjoen (national fish)[93] Dichistius capensis
 Sri Lanka Sri Lankan junglefowl (national bird) Gallus lafayettii [94]
 Tanzania Giraffe Giraffa camelopardalis [95][96][97]
 Thailand Elephant Elephas maximus [98]
 Turkey Grey wolf Canis lupus lupus [99][100]
 United Arab Emirates
Arabian oryx (national animal) Oryx leucoryx [101]
Peregrine falcon (national bird) Falco peregrinus [101]
 United Kingdom
Bulldog (Britain as "British Bulldog" and England as "English Bulldog") Canis lupus familiaris [102]
Barbary lion (England) Panthera leo leo [103][104]
Mute swan (English, Celtic and Irish traditions) Cygnus olor [105][106]
Red kite (Wales) Milvus milvus [107]
Unicorn (Scotland, Queen's Beast) Mythical [18][108][109][110][111]
Y Ddraig Goch (Welsh Dragon Wales and Queen's Beast) Mythical [107][112]
 United States Bald eagle (national animal and national bird) Haliaeetus leucocephalus [113][114]
American Bison (national mammal) Bison bison [115]

See also

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