This is a list of national animals. In 2009, a total of 231 national animal symbols existed globally. Calculating with the assumption that there are 196 countries in the world:
- 142 (74%) countries have designated at least one national animal symbol.
- 71 (37%) countries have more than one national animal symbol.
Country | Animal Name | Scientific Name | |
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A | |||
Afghanistan | Snow Leopard | Panthera Uncia | |
Aland Islands | Red Deer | Cervus Elaphus | |
Albania | Golden Eagle | Aquila Chrysaetos | |
Algeria | Fennec Fox | Vulpes Zerda | |
Angola | Sable Antelope | Hippotragus Niger | |
Anguilla | Zenaida Dove | Zenaida Aurita | |
Antigua And Barbuda | Fallow Deer | Dama Dama | |
Argentina | Rufous Hornero | Furnarius Rufus | |
Armenia | Lion | Panthera Leo | |
Australia | Red Kangaroo | Macropus Rufus | |
Austria | Black Eagle | Ictinaetus Malaiensis | |
Azerbaijan | Karabakh Horse | Equus Ferus Caballus | |
B | |||
Bahrain | Arabian Oryx | Oryx Leucoryx | |
Bangladesh | Royal Bengal Tiger | Panthera Tigris Tigris | |
Belarus | European Bison | Bison Bonasus | |
Belgium | Lion | Panthera Leo | |
Belize | Baird’s Tapir | Tapirus Bairdii | |
Bhutan | Takin | Budorcas Taxicolor | |
Bolivia | Llama | Lama Glama | |
Botswana | Zebra | Equus Quagga | |
Brazil | Jaguar | Panthera Onca | |
Bulgaria | Lion | Panthera Leo | |
C | |||
Cambodia | Kouprey | Bos Sauveli | |
Canada | Beaver | Castor Canadensis | |
Chile | Huemul | Hippocamelus Bisulcus | |
China | Giant Panda | Ailuropoda Melanoleuca | |
Colombia | Andean Condor | Vultur Gryphus | |
Costa Rica | White-Tailed Deer | Odocoileus Virginianus | |
Croatia | Pine Marten | Martes Martes | |
Cuba | Cuban Trogon | Priotelus Temnurus | |
Cyprus | Cypriot Mouflon | Ovis Orientalis | |
D | |||
Democratic Republic Of The Congo | Okapi | Okapia Johnstoni | |
Denmark | Mute Swan | Cygnus Olor | |
E | |||
Ecuador | Andean Condor | Vultur Gryphus | |
Egypt | Steppe Eagle | Aquila Nipalensis | |
England | Lion | Panthera Leo | |
Eritrea | Arabian Camel | Camelus Dromedarius | |
Estonia | Barn Swallow | Hirundo Rustica | |
Ethiopia | Lion | Panthera Leo | |
F | |||
Finland | Brown Bear | Ursus Arctos | |
France | Gallic Rooster | Gallus Gallus Domesticus | |
G | |||
Germany | Eagle | Hieraatus Spilogaster | |
Ghana | Golden Eagle | Aquila Chrysaetos | |
Gibraltar | Barbary Macaque | Macaca Sylvanus | |
Greece | Dolphin | Delphinus | |
Greenland | Polar Bear | Ursus Maritimus | |
Grenada | Grenada Dove | Leptotila Wellsi | |
Guatemala | Quetzal | Pharomachrus Mocinno | |
Guernsey | Guernsey Cow | Bos Taurus | |
Guernsey | Donkey | Equus Asinus | |
Guyana | Jaguar | Panthera Onca | |
H | |||
Haiti | Hispaniolan Trogan | Priotelus Roseigaster | |
Honduras | White-Tailed Deer | Odocoileus Virginianus | |
I | |||
Iceland | Gyrfalcon | Falco Rusticolus | |
India | Royal Bengal Tiger | Panthera Tigris Tigris | |
Indonesia | Komodo Dragon | Varanus Komodoensis | |
Iran | Asiatic Lion | Panthera Leo Persica | |
Iraq | Chukar Partridge | Alectoris Chukar | |
Iraq | Goat | Capra Aegagrus | |
Ireland | Red Deer | Cervus Elaphus | |
Israel | Israeli Gazelle | Gazella Gazella | |
Italy | Wolf | Canis Lupus | |
Ivory Coast | African Elephant | Loxodonta | |
J | |||
Jamaica | Red-Billed Streamertail | Trochilus Polytmus | |
Jordan | Arabian Oryx | Oryx Leucoryx | |
K | |||
Kenya | Lion | Panthera Leo | |
Kiribati | Magnificent Frigatebird | Fregata Magnificens | |
Kuwait | Arabian Camel | Camelus Dromedarius | |
L | |||
Laos | Indian Elephant | Elephas Maximus Indicus | |
Lebanon | Striped Hyena | Hyaena Hyaena | |
Lesotho | Black Rhino | Diceros Bicornis | |
Liberia | Lion | Panthera Leo | |
Lithuania | White Stork | Ciconia Ciconia | |
Luxembourg | Lion | Panthera Leo | |
M | |||
Macedonia | Lion | Panthera Leo | |
Madagascar | Ring-Tailed Lemur | Lemur Catta | |
Malawi | Thomson’s Gazelle | Eudorcas Thomsonii | |
Malaysia | Malayan Tiger | Panthera Tigris Jacksoni | |
Maldives | Yellowfin Tuna | Thunnus Albacares | |
Malta | Pharaoh Hound | Canis Lupus Familiaris | |
Mauritius | Dodo | Raphus Cucullatus | |
Mexico | Golden Eagle | Aquila Chrysaetos | |
Moldova | Aurochs | Bos Primigenius | |
Morocco | Barbary Lion | Panthera Leo Leo | |
Mozambique | African Elephant | Loxodonta Africana | |
Myanmar (Burma) | Tiger | Panthera Tigris | |
N | |||
Namibia | Oryx | Oryx Leucoryx | |
Nepal | Cow | Bos Taurus | |
Netherlands | Lion | Panthera Leo | |
New Zealand | Kiwi | Apteryx Sp. | |
Nigeria | Eagle | Hieraatus Spilogaster | |
North Korea | Chollima | Mythic | |
Norway | Moose | Alces Alces | |
O | |||
Oman | Arabian Oryx | Oryx Leucoryx | |
P | |||
Pakistan | Markhor | Capra Falconeri | |
Palestine | Mountain Gazelle | Gazella Gazella | |
Paraguay | Pampas Fox | Lycalopex Gymnocercus | |
Peru | Vicuña | Vicugna Vicugna | |
Philippines | Carabao | Bubalus Bubalis | |
Poland | European Bison | Bison Bonasus | |
Portugal | Iberian Wolf | Canis Lupus Signatus | |
Puerto Rico | Coqui | Eleutherodactylus Coqui | |
Q | |||
Qatar | Arabian Oryx | Oryx Leucoryx | |
R | |||
Romania | Lynx | Lynx Lynx | |
Russia | Bear | Ursidae | |
Rwanda | Leopard | Panthera Pardus | |
S | |||
Saint Vincent And The Grenadines | Saint Vincent Parrot | Amazona Guildingii | |
Saudi Arabia | Arabian Camel | Camelus Dromedarius | |
Scotland | Unicorn | Mythic | |
Serbia | Wolf | Canis Lupus Lupus | |
Singapore | Lion | Panthera Leo | |
Somalia | Leopard | Panthera Pardus | |
South Africa | Springbok | Antidorcas Marsupialis | |
South Korea | Siberian Tiger | Panthera Tigris Altaica | |
South Sudan | African Fish Eagle | Haliaeetus Vocifer | |
Spain | Bull | Bos Taurus | |
Sri Lanka | Lion | Panthera Leo | |
Swaziland | Thomson’s Gazelle | Eudorcas Thomsonii | |
T | |||
Taiwan | Formosan Black Bear | Ursus Thibetanus Formosanus | |
Tanzania | Giraffe | Giraffa Camelopardalis | |
Thailand | Thai Elephant | Elephas Maximus | |
Timor-Leste | Crocodile | Crocodylinae | |
Turkey | Gray Wolf | Canis Lupus | |
U | |||
United Arab Emirates | Arabian Oryx | Oryx Leucoryx | |
United Kingdom | Lion | Panthera Leo | |
United States Of America | Bald Eagle | Haliaeetus Leucocephalus | |
V | |||
Vietnam | Water Buffalo | Bubalus Bubalis | |
W | |||
Wales | Welsh Dragon | Mythic | |
Z | |||
Zambia | African Fish Eagle | Haliaeetus Vocifer | |
Zimbabwe | Sable Antelope | Hippotragus Niger |