The National animal is a fauna or animal that is chosen by a country as a symbol or emblem for that country.
Country | National animal |
…land Islands | Red Deer |
Afghanistan | Marco Polo Sheep (Unofficial) |
Snow Leopard (unofficial) | |
Albania | Golden Eagle (primary national symbol) |
Algeria | Fennec Fox |
Angola | Magnificent Frigatebird |
Sable antelope | |
Anguilla | Zenaida Dove |
Antigua and Barbuda | Fallow Deer (national animal) |
Frigate (national bird) | |
Hawksbill turtle (national sea creature) | |
Argentina | Rufous Hornero |
Andean Condor | |
Jaguar | |
Armenia | Eagle |
Lion | |
Australia | Kangaroo (national animal) |
Emu (national bird) | |
Koala (unofficial) | |
Austria | Black Eagle |
Azerbaijan | Karabakh Horse |
Bahamas | Blue Marlin |
Flamingo | |
Bahrain | White-cheeked Bulbul |
Bangladesh | Royal Bengal Tiger (national animal) |
Oriental Magpie Robin (national bird) | |
Hilsa (national fish) | |
Ganges River Dolphin (national mammal) | |
Belarus | European Bison |
White Stork | |
Belgium | Lion |
Belize | Baird’s Tapir |
Bermuda | Humpback Whale |
Bhutan | Druk |
Takin | |
Bolivia | Alpaca |
Andean Condor | |
Botswana | Zebra |
Brazil | Macaw |
Jaguar | |
Rufous-bellied Thrush | |
Bulgaria | Lion |
Cambodia | Kouprey |
Canada | Beaver |
Canadian Horse | |
Chile | Andean Condor |
Huemul | |
China | Chinese Dragon |
Crane, more specifically the Red-crowned Crane | |
Golden Pheasant (unofficial) | |
Giant Panda | |
Colombia | Andean Condor |
True parrot | |
Democratic Republic of the Congo | Okapi |
Costa Rica | Clay-colored Thrush |
White-tailed Deer | |
Ivory Coast | African Elephant |
Croatia | Marten |
Cuba | Tocororo |
Cyprus | Cypriot Mouflon |
Denmark | Mute Swan |
Dominican Republic | Palmchat |
Ashy-faced Owl | |
Hispaniolan Amazon | |
Timor-Leste | Crocodile |
Ecuador | Andean Condor |
Egypt | Golden Eagle |
El Salvador | Turquoise-browed Motmot |
Eritrea | Arabian Camel |
Estonia | Barn Swallow |
Ethiopia | |
Lion | |
Faroe Islands | Eurasian Oystercatcher (“national bird”) |
Finland | Brown Bear |
Whooper Swan (national bird) | |
European perch (national fish) | |
France | Gallic Rooster |
Germany | Golden Eagle |
Gibraltar | Barbary Macaque |
Greece | Dolphin |
Phoenix | |
Ghana | Eagle |
Greenland | Polar Bear |
Grenada | Grenada Dove |
Guatemala | Quetzal |
Guernsey | Guernsey cow |
Guyana | Canje Pheasant |
Jaguar | |
Haiti | Hispaniolan Trogon |
Honduras | White-tailed Deer |
Hungary | Turul |
Iceland | Gyrfalcon |
India | Royal Bengal Tiger (national animal; adopted in 1972 instead of the asiatic lion) |
Indian Peacock (national bird) | |
Gharial (national reptile)[citation needed] | |
King Cobra (national icon)[citation needed] | |
Ganges River Dolphin (national aquatic animal) | |
Indian Elephant (national heritage animal) | |
Indonesia | Komodo Dragon (national animal) |
Asian arowana (animal of charm) | |
Javan Hawk-eagle (rare animal) | |
Garuda (mystical animal) | |
Iran | Asiatic Lion |
Asiatic Cheetah | |
Persian Leopard | |
Persian Cat | |
Mugger crocodile | |
Persian fallow deer | |
Ireland | Irish wolfhound |
Stag (Red Deer (Cervus elaphus)) | |
Lapwing (national bird) | |
Isle of Man | Manx |
Israel | Israeli Gazelle (national animal) |
Hoopoe (national bird) | |
Italy | Italian Wolf |
Jamaica | Doctor-Bird (national bird) |
Japan | Green Pheasant |
Koi | |
Tanuki | |
Red-crowned Crane | |
Jordan | Oryx |
Kenya | Lion |
African Elephant | |
Kiribati | Magnificent Frigatebird |
Kuwait | Arabian Camel |
Laos | Indian Elephant |
Latvia | White Wagtail |
Lebanon | Striped Hyena |
Lesotho | Black Rhinoceros |
Liberia | Lion |
Libya | Barbary lion |
Lithuania | White Stork |
Luxembourg | Lion |
Macedonia | Lion (in Macedonian heraldry) |
arplaninec | |
Lynx | |
Ohrid Trout | |
Madagascar | Ring Tailed Lemur |
Malawi | Bar-tailed Trogon |
Thomson’s Gazelle | |
Malaysia | Malayan Tiger (national animal) |
Rhinoceros Hornbill (national bird) | |
Maldives | Yellow-fin Tuna |
Malta | Blue Rock Thrush |
Kelb tal-Fenek (the Pharaoh Hound) | |
Mauritius | Dodo |
Mexico | Golden Eagle (national animal/national bird) |
Xoloitzcuintli (national dog) | |
Grasshopper (national arthropod) | |
Jaguar (national mammal) | |
Vaquita (national marine mammal) | |
Green turtle (national reptile) | |
Moldova | Aurochs |
Monaco | European Hedgehog |
European Rabbit | |
Wood Mouse | |
Mongolia | Saker falcon (national bird) |
White Gyrfalcon (symbol of Genghis’ Borjigin clan) | |
Swan (symbol of Buryats) | |
Mongolian horse (symbol of freedom) | |
Gray wolf | |
Morocco | Barbary lion |
Mozambique | African Elephant |
Burma | Elephant |
Grey Peacock-Pheasant (national bird) | |
Namibia | Oryx |
Nauru | Great Frigatebird |
Nepal | Cow |
Lophophorus (National Bird) | |
Netherlands | Lion (heraldic symbol) |
Dairy cow (unofficial) | |
New Caledonia | Kagu |
New Zealand | Kiwi |
Nicaragua | Turquoise-browed Motmot |
Nigeria | Eagle |
North Korea | Chollima |
Norway | Elk (Called “Moose” in the Americas) |
White-throated Dipper (National Bird) | |
Pakistan | Markhor (national animal) |
Chukar (national bird) | |
Indus River dolphin (national aquatic marine mammal) | |
Snow Leopard (national heritage animal) | |
Shaheen Falcon (national symbolic icon) | |
Mugger Crocodile (national reptile) | |
Mahasher (national fish) | |
Bufo stomaticus (national amphibian) | |
Palestine | Palestine Sunbird |
Panama | Harpy Eagle |
Papua New Guinea | Dugong (national marine mammal) |
Birds of Paradise | |
Paraguay | Pampas Fox |
Peru | Vicu±a (national animal) |
Andean cock-of-the-rock (national bird) | |
Philippines | Carabao (national animal) |
Philippine Eagle (national bird) | |
Bangus (national fish) | |
Poland | Bielik Eagle |
White Stork | |
European Bison | |
Portugal | Barcelos Cock |
Iberian Wolf | |
Puerto Rico | Coqu |
Puerto Rican Amazon | |
Qatar | Oryx[40] |
Romania | Lynx |
Russia | Russian Bear |
Double-headed Eagle | |
Rwanda | African Leopard |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | Vervet Monkey |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | St Vincent Parrot |
Saudi Arabia | Arabian horse |
Arabian Wolf | |
Arabian Red Fox | |
Arabian Camel | |
Seychelles | Striped Dolphin |
Singapore | Merlion |
Somalia | Leopard (national animal) |
South Africa | Springbok (national animal) |
Blue Crane (national bird) | |
Galjoen (national fish) | |
South Korea | Tiger |
South Sudan | African Fish Eagle |
Spain | Bull |
Spanish Imperial Eagle | |
Iberian Lynx | |
Sri Lanka | The Royal Lion (national mammal) |
Jungle Fowl (national bird) | |
Troides darsius (national butterfly) | |
Swaziland | Thomson’s Gazelle |
Sweden | Lion (Unofficial) |
Elk (Unofficial) | |
Dalecarlian horse (Unofficial) | |
Taiwan | Formosan Black Bear |
Formosan Blue Magpie | |
Tanzania | Giraffe |
Thailand | Thai Elephant |
Togo | Hippopotamus |
Trinidad and Tobago | Scarlet Ibis |
Rufous-vented Chachalaca | |
Turkey | Grey Wolf |
Redwing | |
Akbash Dog (unofficial) | |
Turkish Angora (unofficial) | |
Turkish Van (unofficial) | |
Double-headed eagle (used by General Directorate of Security) | |
Uganda | Grey Crowned Crane |
United Arab Emirates | Peregrine Falcon |
United Kingdom | Lion (England) |
European Robin | |
Red Deer | |
Mute Swan | |
Red Fox | |
Unicorn (Scotland) | |
Bulldog (Britain) | |
Welsh Harlequin Duck (Wales)[citation needed] | |
Red Kite (Wales) | |
Y Ddraig Goch (Welsh Dragon) (Wales) | |
United States | Bald Eagle |
Uruguay | Rufous Hornero |
Venezuela | Venezuelan Troupial |
Vietnam | Tiger |
Water Buffalo | |
Dragon | |
Zambia | African Fish Eagle |
Zimbabwe | Sable Antelope |